The Jefferson city council approved an additional $5,000 for a design proposal for wayfinding signage, but the source of funding is contrary to council policy. Jefferson Matters: Main Street received a $5,000 grant from Main Street Iowa for a signage study along Highway 4 south to Lincoln Way and into the downtown district. The city of Jefferson matched the grant…
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Peters says former football coach was bullied
The Greene County Schools board of education approved hiring Mitchell Moore as head football coach at its March 22 meeting, but not until board member Mark Peters spoke about the resignation of six-year coach Dean Lansman.
Read MoreGreene County’s Donkey is heading to The Big Apple
Greene County senior Michael Kennedy has been to Oz as the Scarecrow in the Community Players’ 2016 production of “The Wizard of Oz.” Earlier this month he traveled across Duloc as Shrek’s pal Donkey in the high school production of “Shrek the Musical.” Those were fictitious adventures, taking on the Wicked Witch of the West and a love-starved dragoness. In…
Read MoreMiddle schoolers take the stage Friday
A cast of 23 seventh and eighth graders will perform “Just Another High School Play” this Friday, March 31, at 7 pm at the Greene County High School auditorium. The cast includes Avery Walker, Avery Bardole, Jackson Gerdes, Gabby Pollock, Clay Peters, Madison Hall, Sade Reedy, Brianna Osterson, Isaiah Hinote, Emma McColley, Robert Arnold and Kendall Fecher. Also, Josey Weaver,…
Read MoreGenealogical Society meets Saturday
The regular meeting of the Greene County Genealogical Society will be Saturday, April 1, at 10 am in the basement meeting room of the Jefferson public library. Everyone is asked to participate with special family memories. Guests are always welcome. The meeting room is handicapped accessible.
Read MoreNinety years of local history in 45 minutes
Historical Society program April 7 The Greene County Historical Society begins its monthly meetings for 2017 on Friday, April 7, at the United Methodist Church in Cooper. The program will be “90 Years of Local History in 45 Minutes,” with journalist Chuck Offenburger moderating the discussion with three Cooperites who are all 91 years old and are great storytellers –…
Read MoreChurdan library to host program for Nat’l Library Week
National Library Week will take off from the Churdan public library with a free program by pilot Ryan Stott Monday, April 10, at 7 pm at the library. This year’s National Library Week theme is “Come Fly with Us!” Stott will take about his time as an F-16 pilot in the U.S. Air Force and his time with the Iowa…
Read MoreBenefit Saturday for ranchers impacted by wildfires
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 MorePublic 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…
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