The severe weather drills scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed to Thursday due to severe weather predicted for parts of Iowa on Wednesday. There will be a drill severe weather watch Thursday at 10 am, followed by a drill tornado warning at 10:15.
Read MoreDay: March 21, 2016
Sheriff’s report – March 2016
Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Greene County sheriff’s office: Thursday, March 31: At 1:43 pm a deputy was dispatched to the 300 block of H Ave in Highland Township to investigate criminal mischief to a vehicle and trespassing onto private property.
Read MorePolice blotter – March 2016
Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Jefferson police department: Thursday, March 31: At 10:53 am officers arrested Stephanie Arvella Goff on an outstanding Dallas County arrest warrant on a probation violation. Goff was transported to Dallas County. At 5:03 officers investigated a single vehicle accident at Greene County Medical Center. Ashlyn Haley Wilkins-South of Jefferson was eastbound in the…
Read MoreGreene County school board okays budget cutting measures…
…as teachers ask for 4.49 percent pay increase The Greene County Schools board approved several measures intended to trim expenses at its regular meeting March 16. Those measures include reducing the teaching force by 1.33 positions, sharing the contracts of the curriculum director and the elementary media specialist with nearby districts, and refinancing bonds sold in 2007 for the addition…
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