Landus has recently announced companywide cuts affecting multiple locations across the company, with various position levels affected by the layoffs. About 10 percent, or approximately 60 of the company’s Iowa-based workforce was notified Friday, Jan. 17, they were being laid off, effective immediately. Matt Carstens has president and CEO of Landus for four years. of the co-op. He referred to…
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How quickly I fell into old age
~a column by Colleen O’Brien The beginning of my old age did not start until I was pushing 80. I’d had skirmishes with it, of course – so much gray hair all of a sudden! I let it go from dyed blond to whatever color showed up after I quit “Clairol,” and my favorite, “Manic Panic.” I let my hair…
Read MoreRam boys bowl over Kuemper Catholic
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal The 2025 portion of meets for the Greene County Rams bowling team started better than they could have asked. The Rams boys hadn’t bowled since early December against Dowling Catholic and returned to the lanes after the New Year against Kuemper Catholic Jan. 9. The Rams boys earned a 2,747-1,979 win over the…
Read MoreRam girls hoops stays positive, focused on improvement
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal While the season for the Greene County Rams girls’ basketball team hasn’t brought a win in their first 10 games, they are staying positive and focusing on improvement. For the Rams girls, this last week featured matchups against the West Marshall Trojans Jan. 7, where they fell 71-7, and the South Hamilton Hawks…
Read MoreRam wrestling enjoys success at HOI traiangular and Rollin Dyer tourney
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County Rams boys wrestling team shows no signs of slowing down as the season progresses. This last week held plenty of action for the Rams as they first headed out Jan. 9 for a Heart of Iowa Conference triangular against Perry and Nevada. The Rams finished the event with a 2-0…
Read MoreRam boys earn third hoops win over S. Hamilton
~by Dustin Teays for the Scranton Journal The Greene County Rams boys’ basketball team battled their way to their third win of the season. Last week was short for the Rams boys in terms of games, as they only had two on the schedule. The week started with a 54-21 loss to the West Marshall Trojans in a Heart of…
Read MoreJeff council sets policy for social media, mass texting
The Jefferson city council at its Jan. 14 meeting approved a policy regarding use of social media and mass texting. The policy refers to social media sites, including Facebook, operated by the city. City administrator Scott Peterson provided the pertinent points of the policy. From the perspective of city employees, it specifies that employees should have no expectation of privacy…
Read MoreWadsworth advances in American Legion Oratorical Contest
Greene County senior Payton Wadsworth will advance to the department (state) finals in the American Legion High School Oratorical Contest, having placed first in an Area contest Jan. 12 in Carroll. She will compete against two other orators in the department finals Feb. 16 in Des Moines. There, the first place winner will receive a $2,000 college scholarship, the second…
Read More27-years’ worth of pop tabs taken to Ronald McDonald House
Jim North and a pair of young Webb House volunteers delivered 55,000 pop can tabs to the Ronald McDonald House in Des Moines last fall. The tabs have been accumulating for more than 27 years. (Pictured are Junior Sanabria and Tate Hamilton with Mr. North.) According to North, when it finally became time to deliver the tabs, he found bags…
Read MoreCapitol Roundup
January 17, 2025 Greetings from the Golden Dome! I hope you have had a great holiday season and are as excited as I am to get back into the swing of things. On Monday, January 13, the 91st General Assembly gaveled in for the official start to the 2025 session. The first week is always full of speeches and the…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending Jan. 17
In Greene County district court Tiffany McCalley, 52, of Grand Junction was sentenced Jan. 16 to seven days in jail after she changed her plea to guilty to a charge of possession of methamphetamine. The jail term was suspended and she was placed on probation to Boone/Greene County Probation for one year. She must undergo a substance abuse evaluation and…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending Jan. 17
In Greene County magistrate court Christopher Michael Gilliland of Jefferson was sentenced Jan. 16 to 10 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to a charge of domestic abuse assault. The jail term was suspended and he was placed on informal probation to the Greene County sheriff for one year. Gilliland was fined $105 with a $15.75 surcharge. Court costs…
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