Transforming the Rippey in gymnasium into a fire station and city maintenance shed is closer to becoming reality with an $80,000 grant from Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation. The grant was the largest competitive grant awarded at Grow Greene County’s third annual Awards Night April 3 at Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson.
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Voters approve school bond issue
Voters in the Greene County Community School District approved a $21.48 million bond issue to fund construction of a new high school with a career center adjacent, and to renovate the current high school as a middle school. The vote was 1,960 in favor, (68.68 percent), and 894 against (31.32 percent). The referendum required a 60 percent approval to pass.…
Read MoreDrainage, road use permits okayed for wind turbine project
Progress will continue on Phase 2 of MidAmerican’s Beaver Creek Windpark. The Greene County supervisors on Monday approved the needed road use and repair agreement, and acting as drainage district trustees, they approved the public drainage system protection agreement.
Read MoreRelay for Life invites survivors, caregivers
RSVPs for reception requested by April 9 For the sixth year in a row, Greene County Medical Center is chosen to sponsor a reception honoring cancer survivors and their caregivers at the annual Relay for Life of Greene County, slated for Saturday, April 21, at the Greene County Community Center in Jefferson. This year’s super hero theme, “Who’s Your Hero”,…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Dick Finch
To the editor, Now that the most important school-college bond issue is passed, I think we should take a very, very hard look at any unnecessary expenditures in our financial position – Old Highway 30 beautification, $1 million dog park – and spend our time and resources on the next issue, and as important as school, housing.
Read MoreTeams told for Family Feud ~ Jefferson Edition
Family Feud~Jefferson Edition, a game show with a local twist, will be held Saturday, April 14, at History Boy Theatre in downtown Jefferson. Committee chairperson Amy Milligan announced the four “families” that will be squaring off, vying for the two traveling trophies.
Read MorePre-K registration is set for April 19 for Greene Co schools
Parents of a child who turns 4 years old before or on Sept. 15, 2018, and who live in the Greene County school district should plan to attend pre-kindergarten registration Thursday, April 19. The come-and-go event will start at 3:30 pm and end at 7 pm; parents can come any time at their convenience. There will be no parent meeting…
Read MoreShop in downtown Jefferson and ‘hit a homerun’
Customers will “hit a homerun” out of the park by shopping locally in the Jefferson Main Street District in early April. With a new baseball season under way, the promotion committee is working with our local businesses by offering one of Kevin Richard’s sports print as a prize.
Read MoreSoil temp still in the 30s as farmers prepare for season
A cold, wet week prevented fieldwork across most of Iowa during the week ending April 1, 2018, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there was just 0.4 day suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture levels statewide rated 3 percent very short, 9 percent short, 73 percent adequate, and 15 percent surplus. Levels in west central Iowa rated 5…
Read MoreOperation ReLeaf making trees available to homeowners
Alliant Energy, Iowa DNR and Greene County Extension are sponsoring the Operation ReLeaf residential tree program in Jefferson. Operation ReLeaf is a partnership initiative to aid long-term energy and natural resource conservation. The program is funded by Alliant Energy and administered by the Greene County conservation board along with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources – Bureau of Forestry.
Read MoreRam soccer debuts with one win, one loss
After years of waiting, the Greene County Ram soccer program debuted Monday in Grand Junction. The program was approved by the board of education last spring only after parents agreed to fund the larger portion of the program in its first season. Volunteer coaches Carl Behne and Chad Black led the boys team to a 4-3 overtime win over the…
Read MoreAg drainage topic of program at Historical Society April 6 meeting
~by Chuck Offenburger for the Greene County Historical Society Most of us seldom think about it, but below the surface of the fertile farm ground of Greene County, there are nearly 3,000 miles of drainage tubes and pipes, “ranging from four inches to 48 inches in diameter,” says the county’s drainage clerk Michelle Fields. She thinks about that drainage system…
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