Theme is “We All Need Trees” Greene County students in grades K-6 are invited to create a conservation poster using the theme “We All Need Trees” for the annual Greene SWCD (Soil & Water Conservation District) contest.
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Work moving along on old Linda’s Fashions building
Asbestos was removed last week from the former Linda’s Fashions store, in the middle of the 100 block of E. Lincoln Way in Jefferson. That task is on the checklist of things to be done before the city of Jefferson sells the building for retail redevelopment. The work was done by Site Services of Algona, low bidder at $7,300. According to…
Read MoreMedical center signs MCO agreement with AmeriHealth Caritas
Greene County Medical Center has now finalized a contract with AmeriHealth Caritas, one of the three managed care organizations (MCOs) for Iowa’s Medicaid managed care program, scheduled to begin April 1, 2016. In early February, the medical center announced that it had signed a contract with United Healthcare. Negotiations continue with the third and final MCO, AmeriGroup.
Read MoreFire chief briefs council on air packs
The Jefferson fire department applied for grants to replace 10 air packs from both Grow Greene County and the Greene County Community Foundation, fire chief Randy Love told the Jefferson city council Tuesday night. The council at its Jan. 26 meeting approved a $10,000 match for the Grow Greene County grant from the $50,000 the city is already guaranteed to receive…
Read MoreBoard of Medicine puts sanctions on Carroll surgeon
Partner in practice that serves Greene County Medical Center Dr Josh A. Smith, DO, 48, of Carroll, a partner in Western Iowa Surgery, reached a settlement agreement Feb. 5 with the Iowa Board of Medicine, after claims that he “failed to provide appropriate surgical care.” Western Iowa Surgery has been the provider of general surgical services at Greene County Medical Center since…
Read MoreCounty taking next step on courthouse dome restoration
Greene County engineer Wade Weiss spoke Monday with the county board of supervisors about how best to proceed to meet competitive bidding requirements for work on the courthouse dome. The estimated cost for the work is $175,000. State law requires a competitive bid process for work more than $135,000.
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Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net Feb. 22, 2016 Genealogy class at the library: The Iowa Genealogical Society made an offer through the Iowa Library Services to do a beginning genealogy class for any public library in Iowa that would be interested. The Rippey public library will be the site on Monday, Feb. 29, at 1…
Read MoreChristensen, board members answer ‘questions from the public’
A trio of Greene County school board members and school superintendent Tim Christensen met for informally for nearly two hours Feb. 16 with Hardin Township farmer Kurt Oathout to answer questions he posed in a public forum on a range of topics. Under a headline “Questions from the public to the ‘publicly employed superintendent’” in another publication, Oathout had asked…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending Feb. 19
In Greene County magistrate court cases were initiated during the week ending as follows: William Hayes Guinn of Perry, domestic abuse assault – first offense; Chad Christopher Louk of Jefferson, domestic abuse assault-simple and criminal mischief-fifth degree, Patrick Douglas Doyle of Jefferson, theft-fifth degree; Janice Anne Leonard of Jefferson, theft-fifth degree, and Brianne Kara Aguilar Flores of Grand Junction, violation…
Read MoreDeadline nearing for Relay for Life sponsorships
The 20th Relay for Life of Greene County is only two months away, and while teams are planning and holding fundraisers, Relay sponsorship co-chairs Craig and Deb Marquardt are wrapping up the sponsorship drive. Letters were sent in late January to previous Relay sponsors, with responses requested by Feb. 26.
Read MoreHoops season comes to fast end for Ram boys with big loss to Carroll
The basketball season came to a fast end for the Greene County boys as they lost the first game in Class 3A District 1 play by a disheartening 82-45 to the Carroll Tigers in Denison Monday night. The Rams, who midway through the season were 3-8, finished the season with a 10-11 record. The Tigers took a 7-14 record into…
Read MoreRocket boys win first post-season game 59-38
After a bye in the first round of District 14 Class 1A post season play, the Paton-Churdan Rockets won their first game, 59-38, over the Guthrie Center Tigers Feb. 18 in Manning. The Rockets dominated, taking the lead early and not looking back. The score was 11-3 after one quarter, 22-13 at halftime, and 39-23 after three quarters.
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