Month: June 2015

New Grand Junction Community Center The construction of a new community center in Grand Junction passed another benchmark Monday. The city council accepted the low bid of $1,128,700 from Jensen Builders of Fort Dodge for construction. Weather permitting, construction will start within the next month. Completion is expected for late January.

The Paton-Churdan board of education at approved an operational sharing agreement with Manson Northwest Webster for a transportation director and for maintenance on the buses. Superintendent Rob Olsen told the board he had very good conversation with the MNW superintendent Mark Egli and the transportation director there. The MNW board meets the third Thursday of each month. Olsen was confident…

(Edited Wednesday at 9:15 am) The Iowa State Patrol has released preliminary information about a personal injury crash on Highway 30 east of Jefferson at 1:44 pm Tuesday. The crash closed Highway 30 for five hours. According to the ISP’s crash report, Patricia Peters, 58, of Carroll was westbound driving a 2008 Chevrolet Impala when she crossed the center line and struck…

Voters in the Greene County Community School District will be asked to approve a $20 million bond issue for construction to create a campus for grades 5-12 at the high school location in Jefferson. The board will take action  at a special meeting June 24 at noon to place the question on the ballot for the regular school election Sept. 8.

Says inexperienced contractor is requiring more supervision Jefferson city engineer John Milligan of MHF Engineering lobbied the Jefferson city council’s water/sewer committee at a June 16 meeting for support of $43,000 contract amendment for work on utility extensions now under way. The city council last summer approved a contract with MHF Engineering for $153,500 for a 6-month construction period for…

Rain over the Memorial Day weekend stopped in time for observances at cemeteries all over the county, but not before older cotton flags at the Jefferson Municipal Cemetery were damaged, many of them beyond repair. The Jefferson park and recreation department, which oversees the two cemeteries in Jefferson, is inviting the public to help fund the replacement of 124 flags…

Another job fair slated for June 27 Wild Rose Jefferson is on schedule to open Aug. 1, with a grand opening slated for one week later, Aug. 7-8. Aaron Harn, marketing manager announced at a “sneak preview” for the media and community leaders Monday morning that the grand opening will include fireworks and special entertainment.

Every five years on the third Saturday in June, graduates and friends of the Scranton High School gather for a reunion. After more than a year of planning, the big event is scheduled this weekend. The big draw is the banquet catered by Lidderdale Country Store on Saturday evening, but there are other activities on tap along with opportunities to…

Aaron McKay, Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Des Moines, will hold open office hours in this area on Tuesday, June 23. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views.

Sunny and warm temperatures early in the week spurred growth and fieldwork progress in Iowa, however fieldwork slowed due to wet conditions during the latter part of the week ending June 14, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were only 3.2 days suitable for fieldwork, and in west central Iowa it was even less, 2.9 days.…