Chamber walks away from Welcome Center project

Says city’s hotel/motel tax policy makes project not viable Greene County Chamber of Commerce president Omega Sang announced Monday that the Chamber board has determined that although they strongly believe a Welcome Center would provide many benefits to the community, the Chamber is unable at this time to proceed with the project. The decision was made after the Jefferson city…

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Pizza Ranch fire investigated as arson

The fire that severely damaged the Jefferson Pizza Ranch in the early hours of Jan. 27 is being investigated as arson according to search warrants executed in the days after the fire. A search warrant was obtained by the Jefferson police department to get surveillance video from Peoples Trust & Savings Bank, which is on the same city block as Pizza…

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OHVs, ATVs on gravel roads topic of discussion

Driving off-highway vehicles (OHVs) or all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) on Greene County’s unpaved road would be allowed if county resident Mike Wahl, and what he reports to be a growing number of OHV/ATV enthusiasts, have their way. Wahl spoke with the county supervisors during the open forum of their meeting Tuesday. According to Wahl, the use of OHVs for recreation has…

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From the neighborhood

Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net Feb. 15, 2016 Many hardy folks ventured to the Rippey library/Community Building Saturday, Feb. 13, to sample a variety of soups on a frigid winter night to raise money for Greene County Relay for Life to fight cancer in memory of Velda DeMoss. Team Velda members provided a tasty selection…

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Thank you from JPRD

To the editor, Jefferson Park and Recreation would like to thank all the volunteers to helped make the youth basketball tournaments Feb. 6 and Feb. 13 a success. JPRD has a long tradition with those tournaments, and we’re able to host them only because a our great community volunteers. We particularly thank the young people of St Brigid Catholic Church for their…

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