Landus Cooperative invites its female members and customers to participate in the company’s inaugural women in agriculture event “Ventures: Connections & Conversations in Ag” Jan. 5-6, 2018. The two-day event will offer actionable insights, on-farm tools, and opportunities to network with other customers and industry experts while getting better acquainted with the business resources available to them. Non-members and industry…
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Compensation board sets meeting
The Greene County Compensation Board will meet Monday, Dec. 11, at 8 am in the boardroom of the Greene County courthouse. The compensation board recommends to the board of supervisors a wage increase (if appropriate) for county elected officials.
Read MoreRams split in HOIAC hoops season opener
The Greene County Rams opened the Heart of Iowa 2017-18 hoops campaign in Jefferson Friday with a loss for the girls and win for the boys against the Gilbert Tigers. The girls played the first game of the varsity twin bill, part of a Mega Night with boys and girls freshmen and junior varsity teams also playing.
Read More‘Connecting Schools and Parks’ plan will be presented this evening
The final “Connecting Schools and Parks” plan will be presented tonight, Thursday, at 5:30 pm at the Greene County Community Center. Iowa State University design student Zoey Mauch has prepared the plan that suggests ways to connect the schools and parks in Jefferson by adding bike lanes to existing streets and creating new multi-use trails. She has held two community…
Read MoreRam girls start hoops season with pair of wins
The Ram varsity girls basketball team opened the 2017-18 season with a pair of wins against the non-conference Ogden Bulldogs and Perry Jayettes. The Rams made the short drive east to Ogden Monday and came home with a 46-35 victory.
Read MoreMuch music planned for Sunday
Music lovers will have much to enjoy Sunday, Dec. 3. The Town and Country Band and the Greene County Singers will present a Christmas concert at 2 pm at Central Christian Church in Jefferson. The band, under the direction of Victoria Chargo, and the choir, under the direction of Sheilah McGregor Pound, have prepared a wide selection of Christmas music.
Read MoreNortheast Greene County likely to sprout more wind turbines
The number of wind turbines in Greene County may more than double in 2018 if another wind project proposed by MidAmerican Energy is approved. County zoning coordinator Chuck Wenthold reported Monday that he has received payment from MidAmerican for conditional use permits for 93 wind turbine sites. The permits cost $150 each. MidAmerican plans to build turbines on 85 sites;…
Read MoreChurdan library plans open house
Sketches of the addition to the Churdan public library will be rolled out at an open house at the library Saturday, Dec. 2, from 9 to 11 am Also at the open house will be the kick off of a silent auction. Bidding on the auction items will end Saturday, Dec. 16, following the Santa drawing. All proceeds from the…
Read MoreCity health insurance cost up only slightly
Façade restoration project, financial report, committee reports also on agenda Jefferson city clerk Diane Kennedy delivered good news to the city council Tuesday – the renewal rate for the health insurance benefit will increase by only 6 percent for the new year. “We’ll take that. It’s very excellent,” she said. “Six percent is awesome.”
Read MoreUsed book sale at the Jeff library
The Friends of the Jefferson Public Library invite residents to do their Christmas shopping at the library. The Friends are sponsoring a used book sale throughout December in both the adult and children’s departments.
Read MoreCounty health insurance rates up 23 percent
“It’s ugly out there in the health insurance world, just ugly,” the county’s health insurance broker Sandy Scheuermann to the board of supervisors Monday morning. “Ugly” for Greene County translates to an increase of $1.7 million – 23 percent – in the county’s health insurance for the new year. The increase for the current year was 27 percent.
Read MoreSchool tells use of Grow Greene funds
The Greene County school district has received $226,456 from Grow Greene County to date, school superintendent Tim Christensen shared with the board at its Nov. 20 meeting, and has spent $94,724 of it.
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