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Month: March 2025

Contamination in Daubendiek Park drainage ditch

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a stormwater drainage ditch containing dark colored water near the North Raccoon River in Jefferson in Greene County. On March 26 at 7:50 pm the DNR Field Office in Atlantic was notified of dark colored water observed in a stormwater ditch in Daubendiek Park on the southwest side of Jefferson. The stormwater…

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P-C girls ready for track & field season

~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal This season should be a good one for the Paton-Churdan Rockets girls track and field team. When you look at the makeup of last year’s track team for the girls, youth is what came to mind. Last year’s squad had seven freshman and one sophomore with no juniors and no seniors. That is…

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Ram girls track & field begins outdoor season

~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal The outdoor portion of the track and field season officially began this week for the Greene County Rams girls track and field team. The Ram girls already attended two meets early this year in the A.D. Dickinson Relays and the IATC Indoor Championships. Those two early season meets are a great way for…

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Tee times are coming for Greene County golf

~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal Greene County Rams golfers on both the boys’ and girls’ squads will be hitting the tee boxes soon. While it may not seem like it since the weather keeps going back and forth between hot and cold, golf season is nearly here for the Greene County Rams. For the Ram girls, their season…

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County steps up objection to Summit carbon dioxide pipeline

The Greene County supervisors took another step in objecting to Summit Carbon Solutions’ proposed carbon dioxide pipeline across the county. At their March 24 meeting, the supervisors approved a resolution directing county attorney Thomas Laehn to file a petition to intervene on behalf of the county before the Iowa Utilities Commission regarding Dockt Number HLP 2024-0004 – the 26.9 miles…

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Democracy versus Demonocracy

~a column by Colleen O’Brien Why can’t we – or the four retired presidents…. Or someone, anyone, a police chief, a secretary, a four-star general, a garbage collector, a Supreme justice? – arrest the muskrat and his golfing friend? I’ve been confused about the rule of law since the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. How many insurrectionists…

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View from My Window, Gov Tim Walz’s visit to DSM

This week’s VIEW FROM MY WINDOW is a guest column by my former Iowa Department of Health colleague, Kevin Teale. Kevin was the communications director for the Department. He attended the 3rd Congressional District town hall meeting in Des Moines March 14 at which Minnesota Gov Tim Walz spoke. I asked him to share his reactions. Thank you, Kevin. ~~~~~~~~~…

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Jean Fountain, 1929 – 2025

Memorial Mass for Jean Fountain, age 95, will be held Friday, March 28, 2025 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Jefferson.  Interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in Jefferson.    Jean Fountain was born in Jamaica, Iowa, July 18, 1929, at the beginning of the Great Depression. Six months later the Nation family moved from Jamaica to Rippey, where she graduated…

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