Landus is investing in the future of agriculture by supporting the education of five high school seniors pursuing degrees in either agriculture or life sciences this fall. The Excellence in Agriculture Scholarship awards $2,000 to students in recognition of their academic excellence, leadership, and commitment to rural communities. “These students have demonstrated a deep understanding of agriculture’s crucial impact on…
Read MoreDay: May 21, 2025
Classes of 2025 graduate
Paton-Churdan and Greene County high schools both held commencement exercises for the Class of 2025 last weekend. Honor graduates at Paton-Churdan (above) were valedictorian Grace Cullum (left) and salutatorian Kinnick Steimel (right). They’re pictured with principal Annie Smith. Honor graduates at Greene County (below) were (pictured, from left) salutatorian Emma Shipley and co-valedictorians Ella Shipley, Hailey Carman and Kamden Kinne.
Read MoreCounty going ahead with debt for courthouse HVAC
The Greene County supervisors are moving forward with upgrades to the heating/cooling/ventilation at the 108-year-old courthouse using funds from the local option sales & service tax (LOSST). Voters in the unincorporated areas of the county had twice rejected that funding source for the much-needed project. After the second ballot issue failed, county officials learned they could transfer LOSST revenue from…
Read MoreHis own ‘High Castle’
~a column by Colleen O’Brien “What if” stories are fun to read, as well as thought-provoking. Philip K Dick, a science fiction author of the 1940s through the 1970s, wrote a novel belonging to the subgenre of science fiction known as alternate history. The Man in the High Castle is about an alternative end to WWII: The Germans and the…
Read MoreDry week for Iowa farmers
Little or no precipitation and warm temperatures allowed Iowa farmers 6.6 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending May 18, 2025, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Corn and soybean planting made rapid progress. There were scattered reports of replanting as early planted crops in some areas had struggled to emerge with the dry conditions. Topsoil moisture…
Read MoreView from my window: Vision 2030
VIEW FROM MY WINDOW VISION 203O I have just finished reading a book entitled ABUNDANCE written by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. It was unsettling. The authors describe abundance as a state in which there is enough of what we need to create lives better than what we have. The authors prescribe that the focus must be on future building…
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