All roads lead to Greene County, or so it seems, and looking at analytics from GreeneCountyNewsOnline’s first year bolsters that notion. GreeneCountyNewsOnline finished its rookie season Nov. 6. In the first year, a total of 37,026 unique visitors made 112,726 visits to the site and viewed a whopping 431,325 pages! And there was plenty to read on those pages – there were…
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GreeneCountyNewsOnline has first anniversary
Reader support for GCNO will benefit Adopt-a-Family GreeneCountyNewsOnline this week is marking its first year of providing free, timely news about and for Greene County. In the first year, there have been more than 2,000 articles posted. More than 37,000 visitors have made 113,000 visits and looked at 432,000 pages. The website is always available and always free, with advertising…
Read MoreOn with the show!
The Greene County High School music department presents “The Music Man” this weekend, with performances Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 2 pm at the high school auditorium. Tickets will be available at the door. Select middle school music students are also in the show.
Read MoreMcFarland Clinic tells plans for new location
McFarland Clinic PC rolled out plans for a new Jefferson clinic at a community breakfast attended by about 160 persons at the Greene County Community Center Friday morning. The clinic will be adjacent to the new Hy-Vee grocery store on N. Wilson on the east end of the building. It is expected to open in May. The clinic will have…
Read MoreLetter to the editor
Editor, I saw the movie “Fury” tonight and it bothered me. The new guy got into the tank and cleaned out the blood from the guy he replaced. After my team was ambushed in Iraq, we pulled in the remains of my best friend and fled the attack. His blood covered the seats and floor. We cleaned and bleached that…
Read MorePoaching investigation leads to drug bust
Investigation of a poaching complaint in Cedar Township Monday afternoon led to the arrest of three Polk County men Tuesday evening on a laundry list of charges, including drug charges. According to sheriff Steve Haupert, deputy Shane Allen responded to a complaint of poaching in a pasture in the 300 block of County Road E-19 (130th St). Allen approached three hunters who “got…
Read More“Mole” stuck under Lincoln Way; street closed to traffic
The first block of Lincoln Way east of Elm St is blocked to traffic while the Jefferson city crews work to retrieve a piece of equipment stuck under the street during what should have been a routine job. Jefferson city administrator Mike Palmer explained that the water department was tapping into a water main to provide service for a planned…
Read MoreThank you for a great first year
GreeneCountyNewsOnline’s inaugural year has concluded, as Nov. 6 is the first anniversary of the launch. It has been a very good year for me. I learned about community journalism from Rick Morain, longtime Jefferson Bee & Herald publisher/editor, and I’ve tried to stay close to his standards for fairness and balance. News writing is news writing, regardless of where it…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending Oct. 31
In Greene County district court Michael David Teeples, 21, was sentenced Oct. 27 to two days in jail after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of possession of marijuana. The jail term was suspended and he was placed on informal probation for one year. He must undergo a substance abuse evaluation and complete any recommended treatment at…
Read MoreA year already? Time flies when you’re reporting the news
~a column about Jefferson by Colleen O’Brien The first week in November a year ago (Nov. 6, 2013, to be exact), Victoria Riley launched a newspaper for Greene County. She called it GreeneCountyNewsOnline.com, and here you are reading it, she hopes on a regular basis. When Victoria hired me as a columnist, it was my first attempt at regular, weekly,…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending Oct. 31
In Greene County magistrate court a judgment was entered Oct. 27 against Colby Baugh of Ames on a charge of harassment-third degree. He was fined $100 with a $35 surcharge. Court costs were $60. A case was initiated against Tyler Anthony Kokenge of Grand Junction of a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.
Read MoreFriday’s Historical Society meeting moved to Jefferson
The Greene County Historical Society meeting and program scheduled for Friday, Nov. 7, at the United Methodist Church in Scranton will instead be held in Jefferson at the Historical Museum, 219 E. Lincoln Way. A funeral and luncheon now scheduled at the Scranton church made it necessary to move the Historical Society event to another location.
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