The Greene County Schools board spent considerable time at its Oct. 21 meeting dealing with athletic facility issues. Early in the agenda, under “old business,” the board rejected all bids for a restroom and ticketing building at Linduska Field due to the bid amounts being higher than the board is willing to pay. The bids ranged from $539,000 from Big…
Read MoreMonth: October 2026
Rick Roeder, 1953 – 2026
Ricky Martin Roeder was born at Greene County Hospital on November 18, 1953. to Deloris and Ross Roeder. He joined sister Jane and would later have a brother, Jeff, to complete the family. The family lived on a farm east of Dana where Rick started school. They would later move to a farm a mile north of Jefferson. Rick completed his education in…
Read MoreSheriff’s report – October 2026
Following are excerpts of daily activities reported by the Greene County sheriff’s office: Saturday, Oct. 31: At 12:05 pm a deputy assisted an Iowa State Trooper with a car-tractor accident on D Ave near 110th St in Cedar Township. At 8:57 pm deputies investigated a burglary in the 500 block of N. 16th St Grand Junction. Todd Vick of Ames…
Read MoreHarvest catching up to ‘normal’ year
Crop report – There were 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Oct. 25, 2026, as reported in the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture condition rated 6 percent short, 81 percent adequate, and 13 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture condition rated 7 percent short, 79 percent adequate, and…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending Oct. 23
In Greene County district court Douglas Alan Berglund, 58, of Jefferson was sentenced Oct. 19 to five years in prison after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of possession of methamphetamine- third or subsequent offense. The prison term was suspended and he was placed on probation to the Iowa Department of Correctional Services for three years. He…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending Oct. 23
In Greene County magistrate court Michelle Lynn Higgins of Rippey was sentenced Oct. 22 to 10 days in jail, with credit for time served, after she pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct- fighting/violent behavior, amended from domestic abuse assault. The jail time was suspended and she was placed on informal probation to the Greene County attorney’s office for…
Read MoreSchoolboy Soldiers of Rippey monuments dedicated
Greene County High School students exceeded expectations on an assignment given by history teacher Dena Boyd back in the spring of 2025. Students in Boyd’s Iowa history class had heard from guest speaker and longtime Iowa journalist Chuck Offenburger about the 34 students from the Rippey school who, along with two teachers, left their homes to fight with Union troops…
Read MoreVirginia Carlson, 1931 – 2026
Virginia Ann (May) Carlson was born Aug. 26, 1931, on a farm near Tarkio, MO, to Lloyd and Helen (Hiatt) May. She was the fourth of five children. She passed away peacefully Oct. 21, 2026, at Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson with her loving family by her side. As a young girl the family moved to Rippey, where they ran a…
Read MoreLocal author donating proceeds from book sales to bike trail repair
Local cyclist and author Janice Harbaugh is donating the proceeds of the sale of two of her books to fund repair of the north spur of the Raccoon River Valley Trail. The two books, fiction stories written for readers of middle school age through adult, take place on the north spur and are about cycling, writing, community, rural life and…
Read MoreNorth spur of bike trail needs work – Local author donating proceeds of book sales to the project
~Janice Harbaugh/Raspberry Ridge Publishing The North Spur of the Raccoon River Valley Trail has some of the most beautiful scenery to be found on the entire trail. From Herndon to Jefferson, you travel through farmland, grasslands, rolling countryside, woodlands, the iron bridge with wind chimes over the Raccoon River, and a panoramic, gentle climb to Jefferson. Sadly, the North Spur…
Read MoreTree walk Thursday at Squirrel Hollow Park
As “falling leaves drift by the window,” it’s time to think of trees. Local expert Brad Riphagen of Trees Forever will lead a tree walk Thursday, Oct. 29, at 2 pm at Squirrel Hollow Park southeast of Jefferson. The walk’s a chance to stop and notice the trees. Riphagen will talk about species, habitat, and care of trees and answer any…
Read MoreBike trail users quiz supervisors about needed repair to the north spur
Discussion of the north spur of the Raccoon River Valley Trail – the bike trail – was at the top of the Greene County supervisors Oct. 19 meeting. Trail users Sheila Madsen and Vicki Copeland, both of Jefferson, spoke during the open forum. Their particular concern was the trail from Vest St in Jefferson to Winkleman Switch, 4.4 miles south.…
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