Greene County farmers are pulling together to raise funds to help their counterparts who have suffered huge losses in wildfires that raced across Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado. A benefit supper will be served Saturday, April 1, in the Paton Community Center.
Read MoreMonth: March 2017
Public invited to see prom decorations, grand march
The Greene County High School class of 2018 will host the junior-senior prom Saturday, April 8, with a theme “A Night in the Big Apple.” The public is invited to view the New York City decorations at the Wild Rose Event Center Saturday, April 8, from 4 to 5 pm. This is free to all and allows pictures to be…
Read MoreWork starts next month on wind turbine project
Work will start in April on the Beaver Creek Wind Park in northeastern Greene County, with the first job putting in the roads to the turbine sites. Greene County zoning coordinator Chuck Wenthold updated the supervisors at their meeting Monday. He said once the 85-turbine project is under way MidAmerican will send him, secondary roads, the sheriff’s office and all…
Read MoreImpact of legislation on local health care topic of meeting
The effects of health care legislation on Greene County is the topic of an informational meeting Monday, April 10, at 7 pm at the Jefferson municipal building, second floor.
Read MoreClean air and water? Or not?
~a column by Colleen O’Brien Why would the Republican Administration want to cut billions from the Environmental Protection Agency? Its Clean Water Act of 1972 has managed to clean up dead lakes, polluted rivers and trashed canals. I remember how appalled we were back then to learn of lakes that caught fire, rivers full of dead fish, ponds harboring amphibians…
Read MoreYouth prevails over experience in Scranton Six-on-Six Classic
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal Although teammates on the Collegiate team had never played the six-on-six version of girls basketball, they eventually adapted to the half court, two dribble rule and used their speed and quickness to defeat the Greene County Women 70-66 Saturday night on the hardwood in the Scranton Community Center. The three-point shot pushed the team to…
Read MoreScranton visioning groups highlight assets, barriers
A good-sized group of Scranton community residents participated Saturday in the Iowa Living Roadways Community Visioning Program focus groups. Notes were kept and photos were taken to be compiled into a report that will be available later at the community visioning website: www.communityvisioning.org. The focus groups were divided into categories: older adults, active recreationalists, parents, mobility impaired individuals and youth.…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Dale Hanaman
Letter to the editor, On Wednesday (3/29) I heard on NPR that President Trump is establishing a Commission on Addictive Crisis due to the overwhelming opioid epidemic in our nation. Also noted were 91 deaths daily due to opioid addiction.
Read MoreRyan Mortensen, 1982-2017
Ryan L. Mortensen, 35, passed away Monday, March 27, 2017, with his loving family by his side. Memorial services were held Saturday, April 1, at 11 am at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Ankeny. The family was assisted by Ankeny Funeral Home in Ankeny.
Read MoreCommunity Foundation awards $182,500 in grants
“A cool slate of grants” is how Bob Allen described the 23 projects funded by the Greene County Community Foundation (GCCF). Allen was the last grant recipient to speak at the Community Foundation’s donor recognition and grant awards celebration Monday evening at the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall in Jefferson.
Read MoreBeverly Lehman, 1929-2017
A memorial service will be held Friday, March 31, at 11 am at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home in Jefferson for Bev Lehman, 87, of Jefferson. Interment will be at the Paton Township Cemetery in a private family service. Beverly Janice (Condit) Lehman was born on October 2, 1929 to Boyd and Hazel (Hansen) Condit. Bev was raised in the town and…
Read MoreCounty supervisors exploring county-based public health
Special meeting Wednesday with IDPH consultant The board will hold a special meeting Wednesday for information and discussion of public health services with Heather Bombei, regional community health consultant with the Iowa Department of Public Health. The county supervisors are exploring the possibility of returning to a county-based public health department to combat escalating costs.
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