The Greene County Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual meeting Sunday, Jan. 29, at the Greene Room Events Center at Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson. The evening will begin with a social hour and dinner. At the business meeting members will vote on a slate of officers for 2017. At this time, the slate includes Ora Stevens as president,…
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Curbside pickup of Christmas trees in Jeff Jan. 9-12
The Jefferson city crew will provide curbside pickup of discarded Christmas trees next week, Jan. 9-12. Residents are asked to have their tree curbside, cut end closest to the street, by 6 am on their regular garbage collection day. There is no additional charge for the service. Persons who want more information can call city hall at 386-3111.
Read MoreA message from GCNO publisher Tori Riley
Hello, readers. If you haven’t already read my recap of 2016 and preview of 2017 under the News tab, go back and take a look. 2016 was a good year in Greene County. It was also a good year for GreeneCountyNewsOnline, and you can help make 2017 even better.
Read MoreGenesis Development awarded 12th consecutive 3-year accreditation
CARF International announced that Genesis Development has been accredited for a period of three years for its Community employment, community housing, community integration, employment planning, organizational, services coordination, supported living, mental health assessment and referral (adults and children), mental health crisis intervention (adults and children), mental health crisis stabilization, mental health outpatient treatment (adults and children) and applied government standards…
Read MoreExtension offers tips for post-holiday trees, poinsettias
~by Richard Jauron, Greg Wallace, ISU Extension & Outreach AMES, Iowa – Christmas trees and poinsettias are popular, colorful additions to homes during the holiday season. But what happens to them when the holidays are over? Are they thrown to the curb or stuffed in a trash can? They don’t have to be. Here are some great alternative ideas to…
Read MoreCounty supervisors organize for 2017
The Greene County board of supervisors opened 2017 with the swearing in of newly elected officials by magistrate David Morain. Auditor Jane Heun, sheriff Jack Williams and supervisors John Muir, Mick Burkett and Peter Bardole took an oath of office at the Jan. 3 organizational meeting.
Read MoreSometimes a lot of good movies
~a column by Colleen O’Brien Sometimes there’s not a movie in sight that looks worth the investment and then there’s now: I saw three in one week and I have six more on my list. “Allied” is a Second World War tale from Paramount Pictures. Screen writer Steven Knight wrote the original script from what he said was a true…
Read MoreApplications due Feb. 11 for Community Foundation grants
Foundation expects to award $250,000 to fund community projects Due dates for the 2017 Greene County Community Foundation grant applications have been announced by Linda Hedges, co-chair of the Foundation’s grant-making committee. “Grow Greene County will be providing about $250,000 from their proceeds from The Wild Rose Casino this year to the Foundation. This will be by far the largest…
Read MoreTaxable valuation up in Greene County
Good growth in the total taxable valuation will make budgeting easier for the Greene County supervisors as they work with county auditor Jane Heun on the fiscal year 2018 budget. Pam Olerich, real estate and tax coordinator in the auditor’s office, provided information to the supervisors at their Jan. 3 meeting. Total taxable valuation for the county is $647,356,000, an…
Read MoreJeff council plans how to pay expenses already okayed
The Jefferson city council at its Jan. 10 meeting will hold a public hearing as a step in determining how to pay for projects already completed or committed to. On the agenda is a public hearing on a resolution to amend the city’s urban renewal area to fund approximately $1 million in projects. The amendment would allow tax increment financing…
Read MoreCounty purchases Scranton property for secondary roads
The sale of the former armory to the Greene County Schools for use as a bus garage is not the only property transaction on the desk of county engineer Wade Weiss. The county supervisors at their Jan. 3 meeting approved a purchase agreement to purchase property in Scranton for the eventual building of a new secondary roads garage. The property,…
Read MoreClouse warns public of bogus traffic stop
Jefferson police chief Mark Clouse reminds the public of steps to take during a questionable traffic stop after a bogus stop was reported Tuesday evening. According to the JPD’s daily report for Jan. 3, Josh Thompson reported being stopped by an unmarked sedan police vehicle in the 300 block of N. Locust St at 9:05 pm. The vehicle had a…
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