Already saturated fields along with heavy rains on Friday limited fieldwork in the state to 3.9 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Aug. 30, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Activities for the week included cutting hay and silage, as well as harvesting oats. Scattered reports of sudden death syndrome and white mold in soybean fields…
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Greene County magistrate court, week ending Aug. 28
In Greene County magistrate court a judgment was entered against Mark James Hurley of Bayard in a case initiated in district court after Hurley pleaded guilty to a charge of assault-simple, amended from assault causing bodily injury. Hurley was fined $100 with a $35 surcharge. Court costs were $100. A judgment was entered against Kathleen Ann Specht of Jefferson on…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending Aug. 28
In Greene County district court Joshua Martinez, 32, of Ogden was sentenced to 30 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to a charge of assault-serious. The jail time was suspended and he was placed on informal probation for one year. Martinez must pay a $315 fine with a $110.25 surcharge, $100 court costs, and restitution for his court appointed…
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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.
Read MoreLetter to the editor – John Thompson
To the editor, It’s hard to see the best intentions of others when you disagree. We have a big decision to make in the next few days. Do we want to obligate a 20 million dollar bond to build new facilities?
Read MoreOne million – a big number, a lot of pages viewed at GCNO
While we all went about our business doing what folks do on a Sunday, GreeneCountyNewsOnline hit a milestone. According to Google Analytics, the 1 millionth page was viewed on your locally owned news source. A million anything is hard for me to comprehend. I know there are folks who have that many dollars – I never expect to have a…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Robert Holz and Kristi Holz Berg
To the editor, To date, no one has presented thisview point on the proposed school bond issue. It is more important than any issue already presented. Please consider this discourse. Everything man encounters has a cyclical nature, with economics being one of the most pronounced. Recent observers, having no interest in jading their reports, detect no meaningful economic recovery. An…
Read MorePolice blotter – August, 2015
Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Jefferson police department: Monday, Aug. 31: Routine activity reported. Sunday, Aug. 30: Routine activity reported. Saturday, Aug. 29: At 12:42 am a complainant reported a domestic disturbance and a female being drug out of a house in the 400 block of E. Harrison St. Upon the arrival of officers, an ambulance was…
Read MoreSheriff’s report – August, 2015
Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Greene County sheriff’s office: Monday, Aug. 31: At 1:50 pm the chief deputy sheriff investigated the reported theft of items from the Sparky’s One Stop in Rippey. At 2:56 pm the chief deputy sheriff was asked to assist the Boone County Sheriff’s Office with a possible forgery case.
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~by Valerie Ogren, Greene County Genealogical Society Meeting notice: The Greene County Genealogical Society will meet Saturday, Sept. 5, at 10 am in the basement meeting room of the Jefferson public library. Bob Tucker will share some of his family research “The Hoppes Family – Switzerland to America – Part 2.” If you have some family stories you would like…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – John Berg
To the Editor, Having finished reading GreeneCountyNewsOnline letters to the editor regarding the school bond issue I would like to get my two cents worth in. Previous letters to the editor have tried to present their opinions and uninformed economic analysis as fact. Starting a paragraph with the word FACT all in capital letters does not make it such without…
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