Pastor Julie Poulsen and Dennis Fox of Jefferson are again hosting an international student from the Middle East. Yasmine Albayyat of Saudi Arabia is a junior at Greene County High School and has recently celebrated her 17th birthday. She came to Jefferson with the IRIS program of Ames, which works with the US State Department to bring students from predominantly Muslim countries to the…
Read MoreDay: January 28, 2015
Journals, diaries and expressive writing
~a column by ColleenO’Brien Keeping a diary started with me when I was eight. When our two kids were 11 and 14 years old, we moved them away from what one of them called dramatically “the only home we’ve ever known.” For their unhappiness, I gave them each a scrap book in which to keep photos of their new home…
Read MoreWild Rose Casino headlines annual Midwest Partnership meeting
The success of securing Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson highlighted the 2014 year of Midwest Partnership Economic Development. The annual meeting of the four-county organization was held Thursday, Jan. 22, at the Lake Panorama Conference Center in Panora. Sarah Gomez, executive director of MWP, reported another prolific year which included the casino construction in Greene County along with the Guthrie…
Read MorePizza and Politics this Saturday in Jefferson
The monthly legislative forum Pizza and Politics will begin this year’s schedule on Saturday, Jan. 31, at noon at the Pizza Ranch in Jefferson. The forum provides chance to meet with and ask questions of our state representative Chip Baltimore and our state senator Jerry Behn. Both legislators will gives an update on the current issues being discussed at the state capitol, and…
Read MoreHappy 100 years for Horace Hedges
~by Lora Koch, The Scranton Journal 1915 marked the second year of World War I, the first coast-to-coast long distance telephone call, the production of the one millionth Ford Model T, and the birth of lifelong Greene County resident Horace Hedges. He is celebrating his 100th birthday this month. Born on January 25, 1915, Hedges was raised on the family…
Read MoreHistorical Society presents ‘Judges of Greene County’
Sunday program tells stories of local judges ~by Chuck Offenburger, Greene County Historical Society The Greene County Historical Society opens its 2015 calendar of special programs on Sunday, Feb. 1, with a 2 pm presentation on the “Judges of Greene County.” Their stories will be told in a perfect setting – the beautiful courtroom on the third floor of the…
Read MoreOsbornes, Greene Bean Coffee honored as ‘Entrepreneurs of the Year’
Rich and Reagan Osborne, owners of Greene Bean Coffee just north of the courthouse square in Jefferson, were named Entrepreneurs of the Year by Midwest Partnership EDC at that group’s annual meeting Thursday in Panora. They are pictured with Greene County Chamber executive director Chris Henning (left) and Midwest Partnership president Warren Varley (right).
Read MoreBaltimore speaks at school board meeting
Rep Chip Baltimore (R-Boone), who represents Greene County in the Iowa House, spoke with the Greene County board of education at the board’s regular meeting Jan. 21. Although the budget process has just started, Baltimore talked about the legislature’s commitment to education and the challenge of meeting the required deadline for setting school funding levels.
Read More‘American Sniper’ coming to SCT
The Sierra Community Theatre will follow its successful Classic Movie Week with a two-week run of the Academy Award nominee American Sniper. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the movie tells of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (played by Bradley Cooper) and the four tours of duty in Iraq that made him legendary as the most lethal sniper in US history. The movie includes…
Read MoreApplicants sought to fill Scranton mayor position
The Scranton city council officially took the steps toward appointing a mayor to fill the vacancy in that position during its Jan. 13 regular meeting. A resolution was passed to ask residents to submit their interest in the position. A letter of interest must be submitted by noon on Friday, Feb. 6. The appointment will be made at the Tuesday,…
Read MoreProposed secondary roads budget mostly unchanged from current year
County engineer Wade Weiss is planning ahead for work on the Highway 30 overpass at Grand Junction, slated for 2018. The $6.7 million project will be completed by the Iowa Department of Transportation, but the detour route uses seven miles of County Road E-26 through Dana.
Read MoreKnife reported on school bus
Few details are available concerning an incident reported to the Jefferson police department last Friday of a male Greene County student having a knife on a school bus. Police chief Dave Morlan said the knife blade was shorter than 5 inches and it was used in a joking manner.
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