Iowa Ag Secretary also notes continued progress on water quality, conservation efforts DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey on Dec. 31 provided a review of the top ag issues in Iowa in 2015. “Many farmers saw the best ever yields in 2015 as it was a year of record production for both corn and soybeans in Iowa. Unfortunately…
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Review of 2015: Senate gets to work
~by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) At year’s end, most Americans take stock of the previous 12 months and consider if they met their goals for the year. A review of one’s bank account, pay stub or job status and even a peek at the bathroom scale give folks a pretty good idea if they stayed true to their New…
Read MoreThank you from the Adopt a Family board
To our generous supporters, Thanks to everyone for supporting the holiday food basket project again this year. We served 185 Greene County families. We have so many wonderful people who donate time and monetary donations. Your generosity is appreciated so much! We live in a very giving county. Thank you again. ~Adopt a Family board members
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~by Valerie Ogren for the Greene County Historical Society Meeting notice: The Greene County Genealogical Society will meet Saturday, Jan. 2, at 10 am in the basement meeting room of the Jefferson public library. Library director Jane Millard will present a program “Nuggets of News.” She will give hints on how to gather small tidbits of information from newspapers to aide in research. There might…
Read MoreEat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow is coming faster than ever
~a column by Colleen O’Brien New years come and old years go, and the more that have gone by, the faster the next one comes. Time does not really speed up as we move from active life to the rocking chair on the porch. But the perception is there. The mystery is why we begin to think this. There are…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – John Thompson
To the editor, I’m not really the type of person to get hung up on dates but Jan. 3 is difficult. On Jan. 3, 2008, after already spending 28 years on this planet, I became a very different person. I watched my best friend and battle buddy, Tom Casey, fall down to a sniper bullet.
Read MoreThank you from the Peace Officers Assn
The Greene County Peace Officers Association would like to thank the local stores who helped with Shop with Cop by giving discounts on their products to make items cheaper in price. We would also like to thank Fareway for donating the drinks for the kids.
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Nancy Hanaman
Dear Editor, As a Greene County resident, I am concerned a out the education of our young people and events surrounding the alleged rape and sports eligibility issues connected with that.
Read MoreWhen food is love
~a column by Colleen O’Brien When the food season hits, I think of my mom, the first cook I knew. She was a plain cook, nowhere close to cordon bleu status; and it was the 1950s, a plain-food, Jell-O era in America. But her pork roast gravy . . . mmm . . . delectable. A taste heaven. And I…
Read MoreOhrt – Treat one another as kin
Dr David Ohrt is a member of the Greene County Community Schools board of education and a mental health counselor in local practice. He made extended, heartfelt comments at the Dec. 16 board meeting during the portion of the meeting reserved for board committee reports.
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Adrienne Smith
To the editor, I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who helped me get through the difficult time after a dog attacked me while I was walking a dog as a volunteer for PAWS. If you said a prayer, brought food by, asked me about the ordeal, said a comforting word, sent cards, flowers, phone calls, your kindness…
Read MoreGrassley secures victories in budget and tax package
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa on Dec. 16 praised the inclusion of a five-year extension of the wind energy production tax credit, his provisions to enhance Section 529 college savings plans, his measures to protect taxpayer rights and more welcome provisions in the newly released bipartisan, bicameral omnibus budget and tax package before Congress.
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