The proverbial cat is out of the bag – the Jefferson police department really does shoot cats. Jefferson mayor Craig Berry reported at the April 10 city council meeting that he and police chief Mark Clouse had met earlier that day with Linn Price of Animal Protection and Education (APE) and Scott Wilson, animal welfare intervention coordinator/animal control officer for…
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Laehn’s workload keeps growing
Greene County assistant county attorney Thomas Laehn once again is saving county taxpayers’ money. Laehn talked with the county supervisors on Monday about a waiver Ahlers & Cooney PC asked the supervisors to sign allowing the firm to work on behalf of both the county and the Greene County Community Schools in preparing the 28E agreement needed for the county’s…
Read MoreBicycling history of Greene County, and of RAGBRAI, too
Program Sunday afternoon April 15 at museum in Jefferson ~by Chuck Offenburger for the Greene County Historical Society If it seems to you like there’s been a whole lot of bicycling happening around Greene County in recent years, you’re right. That will be especially so this summer when RAGBRAI® (that’s the Des Moines Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa)…
Read MoreJeff council closes out facade project, okays comprehensive plan update
Businesses around the downtown square in Jefferson that have been without signage since last summer can now put signs back on their storefronts. The Jefferson city council at its April 10 meeting approved the final pay estimated to Pinnacle Construction for the façade project. With that, the project is officially finished and business owners are once again in charge of…
Read MoreIowa farmers still a few weeks away from spring fieldwork
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig on Monday commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through November. “Another week of cold, wet weather prevented nearly all fieldwork and continued to challenge cow-calf producers. Just 4 percent of the oat crop has been planted,…
Read More“Pow! Zap! Bam!” Let’s beat cancer!
The Stalder Super Squad (Zack, Kaylee, Bryce, and Tatym, children of Kyle and Cheri Stalder) are ready for the 5K and Heroes-in-Training Fun Run being held as part of this year’s Greene County Relay For Life on Saturday, April 21. The 5K run/walk is an annual event for these heroes who are helping to fight cancer while enjoying some power…
Read MoreSchizophrenic words
~a column by Colleen O’Brien Somebody asked me if I thought I was a crone yet. I said, No, but I was looking forward to it. In the “new feminism,” the word has taken on a more tolerant flavor – wise older woman – escaping in most civil living rooms from its centuries-long diss as ugly, mean, hag, hell-hag, evildoer,…
Read MoreCongressional candidate Dr John Paschen (D) talks about issues, campaign
Dr John Paschen, an Ames pediatrician and a Democratic candidate in the Fourth Congressional district, will run against Rep Steve King (R) of Kiron if both are successful in the June primaries. Paschen says, “My goal isn’t to beat Steve King. My goal is to get to Washington to try to help.” Paschen talked with GreeneCountyNewsOnline editor Tori Riley last…
Read MoreGround broken on Churdan library addition
April snow was moved aside for a ceremonial groundbreaking Monday morning at the site of a 1,100 square-foot addition to the Churdan public library. The library trustees and staff have been raising funds for the $350,000 project for three years, hosting meals, silent auctions, and even an ugly Christmas sweater contest. The project includes not only the addition, but a…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending April 4
In Greene County district court Michael Lynn Heard Sr, 56, of Jefferson was sentenced April 5 to two years in jail at a contested sentencing hearing on charges of assault on a peace officer causing bodily injury. The jail time was suspended. He was fined $625 with a $218.75 surcharge. Heard was sentenced to one year in jail on a…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending April 5
Cases were initiated in magistrate court during the week ending April 5 as follows: Robert Richard Kovar of Jefferson, theft- fifth degree; and Shawn Allen Ellsbury of Jefferson, harassment- third degree and interference with official acts. Persons paid fines for scheduled traffic violations during the week ending April 5 as follows:
Read MoreStorm siren tests moved to Tuesdays
Storm sirens around this county will sound this Tuesday, April 10, at 10 am as a test. Going forward, they’ll sound at 10 am the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month through November. Greene County emergency management director Dennis Morlan explained that the tests that were previously done on Saturdays will be done on Tuesdays when more emergency responders…
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