Year: 2016

Questions about drainage and the absence of the people who would profit from a proposed hog confinement in Bristol Township led the Greene County board of supervisors on Monday to vote against recommending that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources approve a construction permit for Felix Finisher. It is the first time in several years the supervisors have not recommended…

With the next regular city election more than a year away, the Jefferson city council must fill a vacancy created by the resignation of council member Lisa Jaskey. Jaskey announced at the Aug. 9 council meeting that she is resigning her seat effective Aug. 31. The Aug. 23 council meeting will be her last, she told the council. She and…

Hot August Night returns to the courthouse square and the surrounding Jefferson streets this Thursday, Aug. 11. All types of hot rods, trucks, motorcycles and tractors will be on display from 5 to 8 pm. Pre-registration is closed, but on-site registration will be available on the east side of the courthouse. There is no charge to exhibitors. A $200 cash…

All county residents are invited Saturday evening as the Town and Country Band, the Friends of Rippey and Greene County veterans groups join to raise funds for the completion of Greene County’s Freedom Rock.

The first $3,000 will be spent on a new animal shelter to serve all of Greene County. The Greene County board of supervisors and the Jefferson city council each approved providing up to $1,500 to hire the architects Waggoner and Wineinger of Mason City to prepare a cost estimate for the shelter and assistance with subsequent fundraising.

McFarland Clinic- Jefferson announces that Ruth Gordon, ARNP has joined the McFarland Clinic family medicine department Ruth Gordon, ARNP received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Grand View University in Des Moines. Gordon completed her nurse practitioner’s degree from Graceland University in Independence, MO.

Planning for a pair of bridge projects for next summer is nearly finished. Greene County engineer Wade Weiss told the supervisors at their Aug. 8 meeting that County Road N-65 will be closed for five months for work on the Raccoon River bridge south of 170th St. The late start date in the contract is May 1, with 90 working…

Frequent but scattered precipitation throughout the week allowed Iowa farmers 5.1 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending August 7, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Activities for the week included cutting hay and fungicide and insecticide applications.