For the second consecutive year, Alliant Energy has donated $4 million to its Hometown Care Energy Fund to help customers who are struggling financially pay their energy bills. Customers in need of financial assistance are urged to apply for the funds to assist with paying and managing their energy bill. If approved, customers can receive up to $500 annually. “We…
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In the neighborhood
REMINDER Trunk Or Treat and Fall Meal on Sunday, October 30, 5- 7 p.m. This event is a joint effort with the Rippey Library Director, Library Board of Trustees, and the Friends of Rippey. The Rippey Lions Club is also arranging for old fashioned games for the children. The Rippey Firefighters will also participate and share information, hopefully to generate…
Read MoreSeaboard Foods providing scholarships
SHAWNEE MISSION, Kan. — Seaboard Foods will begin accepting applications from high school seniors beginning Nov. 1, 2022, for $1,000 scholarships, totaling $65,000. Forty, $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school seniors from community high schools and an additional 25, $1,000 scholarships to children of Seaboard Foods’ employees. Students graduating with a high school diploma or equivalent in 2023 and who…
Read MoreFour GrCo students to OPUS Honor Choir
Four Greene County vocalists were selected to participate in the Iowa Opus Honor Choir. Opus is an honor choir opportunity for students in grades 5-9, sponsored by the Iowa Choral Directors Association. Every year, thousands of students submit taped auditions and four choirs of 180 students are selected to participate. These students will rehearse on the Iowa State University campus with…
Read MoreTeresa Lawler inducted into IHSSA Hall of Fame
A former Jefferson-Scranton High School speech coach was inducted into the Iowa High School Speech Association Hall of Fame at ceremonies held last Friday at the coaches convention held in Ames. Teresa Lawler was recognized as the coach at Ankeny Centennial. Lawler first encountered the IHSSA at Glenwood while under the direction of IHSSA Hall of Famer Marrianne Driml, and…
Read More4-H news
The Greenbrier 4-H club met October 10 in Clover Hall. The main order of business was a favorite activity of the 4-H year, making Christmas shoeboxes for children in other countries. Twenty-eight were made by members filling colorful shoeboxes with hygiene items and interesting articles for other children to enjoy. National 4-H Week was reviewed where youth placed signs around…
Read MoreLadies’ Night to benefit medical center foundation
The seventh annual Bomgaars Ladies’ Night promises festive fun and fall shopping Sunday, Oct. 23, from 5 to 8 pm at the Jefferson location. Everyone is encouraged to put on a Halloween costume while taking advantage of a 20 percent discount on much of their regular-priced merchandise. Attendees can also win giveaways or Bomgaars gift cards. Each year, 5 percent…
Read MoreGrCo FFA members to Greenhand Fire Up conference
Each year Southwest district and Iowa FFA officers plan and facilitate Greenhand Fire Up Conferences for FFA members in the Southwest district. Atlantic High School welcomed FFA chapters from all over the Southwest district on Oct. 12. This year, Greene County FFA had four members participate in the conference. Members included Jennifer Robbins, Rozella Helms, Aden Bardole, and Austyn Smith…
Read MoreReflecting on 4-H Week, 4-H members thank businesses for their support
~by Linda Hedges, Greenbrier 4-H club leader Learning in 4-H takes place in kitchens, community centers, church basements, county fairgrounds or anywhere young people and adults gather. And 4-H encourages youth to build skills that will last a lifetime: communication, leadership, citizenship, goal-setting, decision making, and responsibility. But as one leader and a group of Greenbrier 4-H’ers found out, this…
Read MoreIA Monarch Conservation Consortium issues report
AMES, Iowa — Iowa has been steadily adding new habitat for monarch butterflies over the past couple of years. The Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium recently released its Monarch Conservation Effort Report, which offers a snapshot of monarch habitat establishment through 2020 in all 99 counties across the state. “This report demonstrates the significant impact so far from the combined efforts…
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October 5, 2022 Rippey Library October adult programs will be held on Thursdays at 3 pm. This Thursday, October 6, Coffee and Treats is the theme. October 13: Bingo for Books October 20: Book Discussion: Spooky Stories October 27: Halloween Centerpiece ~by Cara McCoy, library director From the Rippey library shelves – Many of us cherished a favorite teddy bear as…
Read MoreFourth grade farm tour held Sept. 13
This year’s farm tour marked the 28th year the Greene County Farm Bureau has coordinated the annual event for fourth grade students. Brothers Connor and Cale Juergensen of Churdan, in their fourth year of hosting the event for the county Farm Bureau, welcomed the students to their family farm northeast of Churdan where Connor and his wife Lindsay live. Eleven…
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