Greene County Democrats had their first opportunity to meet Kim Weaver of Sheldon, an Iowa Democratic state committee member and an announced candidate to run against Steve King in the Fourth Congressional District. Weaver attended the Greene County Democrats’ fall fundraiser dinner and pie auction at the Greenewood Center in Jefferson Sept. 19. About 40 persons attended the dinner. Weaver…
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Ernst, all 19 other women senators introduce #FreeThe20 resolution
Bipartisan resolution calls for release of women political prisoners around the world WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined all 19 other women Senators led by Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) to introduce the bipartisan #FreeThe20 resolution to support the empowerment of women and urge countries to release women held…
Read MoreTools for life: dictionaries and cookbooks
~a column by Colleen O’Brien When I read that poet Phyllis McGinley liked to read cookbooks in bed at night, I thought her odd. I’m not a cook who loves her work, so I figured it wasn’t a habit I’d get in to. Cookbooks were a necessary reference for me now and then (what does it mean when it says…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – John Thompson
To the editor, I attended the Greene County Elks’ annual “Heroes Dinner” on Sept. 11. It was a good event. It also got me thinking about things that for the last few years I have tried not to think about. The room was full of men and women who served their country from World War II to today.
Read MoreCommentary on agriculture – Patti Edwardson
As I took an early morning walk around the farm, a skunk, with his distinctive black and white fur, scurried across the gravel road. Back at the farmstead, a woodchuck sunning himself outside the old corn crib raised his head as I went by. The monarchs fluttered into the air when my presence disturbed them. Hundreds of the butterflies have…
Read MoreErnst remains committed to rejecting Iran nuclear deal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement Sept. 15 after voting to proceed with Senate consideration of the resolution of disapproval on the President’s nuclear deal with Iran: “I am extremely disappointed that my Democratic colleagues have once again undermined the will of the American people and denied them a vote on the President’s nuclear deal…
Read MoreThe fame in the name
~a column by Colleen O’Brien There are famous and infamous people who leave their mark on language. These people can be inventors, aristocrats, courtesans, crooks. Unlike a Charlemagne or a Joan of Arc, there are many once well-known individuals and their deeds that add richness to our language even as they themselves faded into obscurity; their names live on without…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – John Thompson
To the editor, I’m seeing Red. (And that makes me happy!) As a conservative, I am happy to see Hillary Clinton as the Democratic front-runner. There isn’t a Republican challenger that couldn’t beat her and she isn’t firing people up in Iowa. As she limps from one scandal to the next, even Democrats are fed up and apathetic. Independent Senator…
Read MoreHi, neighbor!
~a column by Colleen O’Brien Someone who lives down my street drives a honkin’ F150 (a half-ton Ford pickup truck) with no muffler. It is big and it sounds big, like a large, angry/hungry/horny beast from Dante’s seventh circle of Hell. It is impossible to ignore his coming down the road because his unmuffled engine interrupts conversation, hurts my ears,…
Read MoreIowa farmers commit $3.5 million to water quality practices
Cover crops, no-till/strip till or nitrification inhibitor DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey announced Aug. 28 that $3.5 million in cost share funds to help farmers install nutrient reduction practices have been obligated to farmers in each of Iowa’s 99 counties. The practices that were eligible for this funding are cover crops, no-till or strip till, or using…
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Letters to the editor dealing with the Sept. 8 school election will be posted through Tuesday, Sept. 1. Any letters received at GreeneCountyNewsOnline through Sept. 1 will be posted the day they are received. Letters can be sent to: news@greenecountynewsonline.com After Sept. 1, only rebuttals of specific issues or clarifications of facts about the bond issue will be posted.
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Sam Harding
Dear Editor, For the last 22 years, I have had the privilege of serving our community as a member of the school board, and it has been an incredible joy to do so. It also gives me a unique perspective on the purpose of the bond issue that our board has put forth for your consideration.
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