Month: February 2018

It’s official. Voters in the Greene County Community School District will vote Tuesday, April 3, on a bond issue not to exceed $21,480,000 to construct a new high school and career academy. The school board met in special session Wednesday to accept a petition signed by 219 eligible voters requesting the election. That number represents more than 25 percent of…

The Jefferson city council will consider using local financing to pay for a new fire truck at its Feb. 27 meeting. The $130,000 purchase would be made during the current fiscal year and is not in the city’s budget.

Union employees held to only the contracted increase; two non-union employees receive more The Greene County supervisors are using their control of the budget to deal with personnel issues in two departments run by other elected officials. The supervisors have received all budget proposals and requests and are now, with auditor Jane Heun, in the process of creating a budget.…

When the Bell Tower of Fame Award began 37 years ago, “There were those in our community who thought we would surely run out of people to honor. But we haven’t. And, thanks to the efforts of many nominators, the honorees’ accomplishments have spun the globe,” says Carole Custer, chair of the selection committee. The award has honored residents from…

Team registration for the Relay for Life of Greene County is in full swing. Like last year, all registrations must be completed online at https://secure.acsevents.org Captains of 2017 teams have received information from Autumn Larson, chair of the Teams committee.

A free Business After Hours event entitled “Social Media 101 for Businesses” is being hosted by the economic vitality committee of Jefferson Matters: Main Street on Monday, Feb. 26.

The Greene County supervisors at their Feb. 8 meeting moved forward with appointing a courthouse security committee, following a proposal written by assistant county attorney Thomas Laehn. The committee will include the county sheriff, auditor, attorney, safety coordinator and one supervisor; the Jefferson police chief; veterans services director Tracie Perez representing courthouse employees on the first floor; a district court…

Townships have scheduled public hearings on their fiscal year 2019 budgets as follows: Washington- Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 9 am at the courthouse board room in Jefferson. Clerk Jean Borgeson Jackson – Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 10 am at the courthouse board room in Jefferson. Clerk Tom Lawton Hardin- Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 9 am at the courthouse board room…

The county supervisors’ decision to leave the Heart of Iowa Community Services (HICS) mental health region and join the Central Iowa Community Services (CICS) region was affirmed Monday when CICS CEO Jody Eaton and financial officer Jill Eaton made a courtesy visit to the board Monday.

The office of U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R) has scheduled traveling office hours across Iowa during February and March.