Hot, dry weather continued across the state with a few reports of notable precipitation during the week ending July 16, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were 5.8 days suitable for fieldwork. Activities for the week included hauling grain, applying herbicides, cultivating, and haying.
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Gwen Black is Greene County Fair queen
Gwen Black was crowned Greene County Fair queen Friday evening. She will represent the county in the Iowa State Fair queen pageant as well as present trophies and ribbons at county fair events. She was selected by a panel of judges from Beta Tau Delta sorority. The selection was made based on prior interviews with the judges and answers to…
Read MoreIt’s Fair Week in Greene County
~The Scranton Journal The Greene County Fair is under way with free entertainment, fun and games for youngsters, grandstand entertainment and livestock shows for the 4-H and FFA youth of the county. Click here for the complete schedule. Headlining the grandstand entertainment is the Grand River Rodeo on Friday night. The action begins at 7 pm and will conclude at…
Read MoreResidents quiz Jeff council about animal shelter
Circulating petition asking project to be ‘high priority’ The committee working toward building a new animal shelter will have “everything lined up and ready to roll” within the next two months, according to shelter committee chairman Dave Sloan. He provided that timetable at the July 11 city council meeting after residents quizzed the council about progress on the project.
Read MoreFuture of law enforcement in Scranton unknown
Law enforcement in Scranton a month from now is uncertain. Scranton has contracted for law enforcement with the sheriff’s office since 2011. The Greene County supervisors on Monday approved canceling the contract that has been in place since then, effective Aug. 10. The supervisors also canceled a contract for providing municipal code enforcement services (for example, enforcement of junk car…
Read MoreMed center administrators continue lobbying at joint meeting supervisors, board of health
Much of a joint meeting Tuesday between the Greene County supervisors and the county board of health on the future of public health was “second verse (or third), same as the first.” The board of supervisors started considering a new course for public health since the budget request last December from Greene County Medical Center for providing public health services…
Read MoreGJ pool open after extensive renovations
After a summer without a pool, residents in Grand Junction are happy to have their municipal swimming pool open again.
Read MoreNominations open for school board positions
Nominations for seats on the Greene County and Paton-Churdan boards of education are open through Thursday, Aug. 3, at 5 pm. Nominating papers are available at the administrative building (204 W. Monroe St) for Greene County and at the school in Churdan. They must be returned to those offices by the deadline.
Read MorePlanning begins for next year’s Smithsonian salute to hometown sports
The Smithsonian Institute’s “Hometown Teams” traveling exhibit will be at the Greene County Historical Museum a year from now, and Jefferson Matters: Main Street and the Historical Society are getting their playbooks ready. The “Hometown Teams” exhibit is sponsored through Main Street Iowa. Six communities were selected to host the exhibit in 2018 through a competitive application process. Jefferson will…
Read MoreOne-fifth normal rainfall in Iowa last week
Hot, dry weather prevailed across Iowa during the week ending July 9, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were 6.3 days suitable for fieldwork. Activities for the week included hauling grain, applying herbicides, cultivating, and haying. Topsoil moisture levels statewide rated 12 percent very short, 28 percent short, 58 percent adequate and 2 percent surplus. Levels…
Read MoreHistorical Society busy at the fair
“History Chats,” a country schoolhouse and ice cream, too! ~by Chuck Offenburger for the Greene County Historical Society During the Greene County Fair this week and early next, the Greene County Historical Society’s exhibits building on the fairgrounds will be open for three of those days — Thursday, July 13, from 4-7 pm; Friday, July 14, 10 am to 6 pm; and Saturday,…
Read MorePlenty of free entertainment at the fair
The Greene County Fair will offer entertainment for all ages, in addition to livestock exhibits, open exhibits and 4-H project exhibits. In the line-up are an ag educator/magician who like “corny” puns, a family band that may remind people of Shirley Partridge and her clan, and the always-popular Poppin’ Penelope.
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