Rippey United Methodist Church, Pastor Jon Williams Sundays –Adult Sunday School 10 am; Worship services 11 am Tuesdays 10 am, Fellowship. Everyone welcome. Soup lunch served first Tuesday of the month. Rippey Lions Club – Pat Essing, Northwest Lions Club District Governor, visited the Rippey Lions Club, Nov. 9. She complimentedthe Rippey Lions Club for their local work and donations to…
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Biden honors ‘sacred obligation’ to care for veterans and their families
~a column by Chris Henning Veterans Day has a place in my memory down throughout the years. This year is especially poignant: my father, George Henning, an Army tank mechanic who served with the 14th Armored “Liberators”, liberating concentration camps in France and Germany in WW II, would have celebrated his 101st birthday on November 1. In my extended family…
Read MoreHoyt, Vander Linden to All-State Music Festival
A pair of Greene County High School senior choir members are preparing for their third consecutive appearance at the All-State Music Festival. Olivia Hoyt and Gavin Vander Linden will perform in the Iowa High School Music Association All-State Music Festival in the choir. The two musicians earned a trip to the prestigious event during their sophomore, junior and senior years. …
Read MoreGrCo school board organizes following school election
Moves regular meeting date from third Wednesday to second Wednesday The Greene County Schools board of education met Monday, Nov. 13, holding both a regular and an organizational meeting. The board conducted routine business, approving the second reading of policies dealing with anti-bullying/ harassment investigation; parent and family engagement district-wide; personal use of student-owned laptop computers or mobile internet devices…
Read MoreRural population accounts for decline in county population
To the editor: Although my direct family is mostly gone from Greene County today, we first began to populate the area in the late 1800’s. Graves of my descendants can be found in area cemeteries throughout the county. “Spelunking” old newspapers published in Greene County has become a casual pastime. The old publications have provided fascinating glances into the day-to-day activities…
Read MoreFree holiday meal for veterans
All Greene County military veterans are invited to a holiday meal Thursday, Dec. 14, at the Elks lodge in Jefferson. A social hour will begin at 5 pm, followed by dinner catered by Lidderdale Country Store at 6 pm. Music and a short VA benefits briefing will follow the dinner. Veterans may be accompanied by one guest. There is no…
Read MoreHarvest nearing completion
Warm, dry weather prevailed across a majority of Iowa resulting in 6.7 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Nov. 12, 2023, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Fieldwork included harvesting corn and soybeans, completing fall tillage, applying fall fertilizer, baling stalks, and hauling manure. Topsoil moisture condition across Iowa rated 17 percent very short, 41 percent…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending Nov. 10
In Greene County district court Matthew James Cummings, 36, of Jefferson was sentenced Nov. 6 to a term not to exceed five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a charge of theft- second degree, amended from theft- first degree. The prison term was suspended and he was placed on probation to the judicial district Department of Correctional Services…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending Nov. 10
In Greene County magistrate court Ricky Duane Wunschell of Wall Lake was sentenced Nov. 8 to 30 days in jail on a charge of assault. All but five days of the jail term was suspended. He may serve the jail time in Sac County. He was placed on probation for one year to Boone/Greene County Probation. A judgment was entered…
Read MoreCorner View Properties receives $100K Main Street Challenge grant
The City of Jefferson learned Nov. 9 it has received a $100,000 Main Street Iowa Challenge grant from the Iowa Economic Development Authority for the building at 100 N. Wilson Ave. The project is comprised of facade preservation and renovations to the two upper-story apartments. The building is owned by Nikki and Rudy Uebel doing business as Corner View Properties.…
Read MoreAnother e-Sports team qualifies for state meet
The Greene County Rainbow 6 Siege team won a sub state matchup Thursday and qualified for the state tournament next Thursday in Marshalltown. The Smite team will compete at the state tournament Wednesday.
Read MoreFlags rise as our hearts and minds turn towards our veterans
~by Sen Joni Ernst, R-Iowa On Veterans Day, all across Iowa, flags will rise as our hearts and minds turn towards those who bravely served our nation. Calls of gratitude will go out to the more than 150,000 veterans in our great state – grandparents, parents, siblings, and neighbors who left a life of comfort to shoulder the weight of…
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