~Listen to audio links below The Greene County Historical Society featured the storytelling of retired newspaper publisher Rick Morain at its first meeting of the year April 4 in Cooper. The Society’s theme this year is “Telling our stories.”
Read MoreMonth: April 2014
Greene County poets and GCNO celebrate National Poetry Month
GreeneCountyNewsOnline is celebrating April as National Poetry Month with original poetry by readers every Sunday this month. All reader/poets are welcome to submit original work for posting. Pastor Deb Griffin wrote “The undoing of Psalm 23” as a re-write of Psalm 23 from the perspective of someone who is their own shepherd. “This is what life can feel like when we don’t let…
Read MoreSpring?
The scene would be much prettier if it weren’t April 4, and since it’s National Poetry Month, read Nancy Hanaman’s take on the April weather here: https://greenecountynewsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Think-Spring-or-A-Cold-Wind-Doth-Blow.pdf
Read MoreGround broken on Greene County Medical Center building project
The $22.5 million building project at Greene County Medical Center is officially underway, as 50 members of the community and persons involved in the project took their turns with shovels in a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony Thursday afternoon. Medical center CEO Carl Behne served as master of ceremonies. More than 125 persons were on hand, including Bill Menner, USDA Rural…
Read MoreGreene SWCD tells scholarship recipients
A trio of Greene County High school seniors who are planning to study agriculture or natural resources in college have been awarded scholarships. Sean Kenan of Grand Junction has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from Greene Soil & Water Conservation Club; Dorthea Ballard of Jefferson will receive a $500 scholarship from the Greene County Soil & Water Conservation District; and Abby Bravard…
Read MoreCommunity Foundation awards almost $121,000 in grants to community projects
Smiles were plentiful as the Greene County Community Foundation awarded a total of $120,644 in grants for 27 projects at the ninth annual grant award celebration March 31 at the First Presbyterian Church in Jefferson.
Read MoreScranton wind farm still a possibility
Scranton area residents were invited to a meeting March 26 with representatives of MidAmerican Energy for a status report on a proposed 52-turbine wind project, but according to MidAmerican, the project still isn’t a definite “go.” Volkswind USA developed the project and received the necessary conditional use permit from the Greene County board of adjustment in March 2013. The company…
Read MorePublic meeting first step in Highway 30 bridge projects
About 25 persons attended a public meeting hosted by the Iowa Department of Transportation Tuesday in Grand Junction. The topic of the meeting was a pair of bridge projects proposed for Highway 30 – a new overpass across the Union Pacific railroad tracks in Grand Junction, and a new structure over Beaver Creek east of Grand Junction. According to Tony…
Read MoreDucks Unlimited banquet is April 5
The Greene County chapter of Ducks Unlimited will hold its annual banquet Saturday, April 5, at Clover Hall on the Greene County Fairgrounds. A social time will begin at 5:30 pm, with a Bett and Bev’s prime rib dinner served at 7 pm. An auction of limited edition prints will follow. Hunting equipment, limited edition prints and guns will be…
Read MoreGetting along in America
~a column by Colleen O’Brien You’d think that after 150 years of emancipation and 50 years of civil rights, racism in this country would be past history, not current. I recently attended a class on a 2012 non-fiction book called The New Jim Crow, by Michele Alexander. The lawyer-professor from Columbus, Ohio explained concisely how the justice system in the…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending March 28
In Greene County magistrate court during the week that ended March 28 cases were initiated as follows: Kathleen Ann Specht of Jefferson, theft-fifth degree; Nastassia Chanel Goff of Jefferson, disorderly conduct; Steven Logan Dzuris of Jefferson, false reports to or communications with public entities; Steven Carl Kolacia Jr of Jefferson, harassment-third degree; Joshua Jay Blumberg of Grand Junction, theft-fifth degree,…
Read MoreVoters approve revenue purpose statement for Greene County schools
A relative handful of voters turned out in a special election Tuesday that was a state-required step in the process of reorganization of the East Greene and Jefferson-Scranton school districts. On the ballot was a revenue purpose statement to authorize expenditures from the state one-cent sales tax for schools, service and use tax funds. Both districts already have the revenue statements in place;…
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