All area residents are challenged to “Find Your Super Power” at the 2019 Relay for Life of Greene County. This year’s event to benefit the American Cancer Society is slated for Saturday, April 27, at the Greene County Community Center. “We had so much fun with our Super Hero theme last year we wanted to bring it back,” said event…
Read MoreMonth: March 2019
Spring keeps springing
~a column by Colleen O’Brien Today is the first day of spring. How this happened so early this year is the wonder. But by now the surprise is that I’m surprised by the swiftness of time as it marches on; I am merely old enough that time speeds up as my speed dwindles, and I should be used to it…
Read MoreSupes will ask for review of master matrix, but only with Farm Bureau’s okay
As Greene County is on the verge of hitting triple digits in the number of hog confinements, it has become apparent that although the supervisors are willing to ask the legislature to review the master matrix, their request will come only after it’s blessed by the local Farm Bureau.
Read MoreInformal probation will get a little more formal with pilot project
County attorney Thomas Laehn and sheriff Jack Williams hope to take the proverbial bite out of crime by putting more teeth into the informal probation assigned to an increasing number of offenders. After hearing a presentation Monday by Diane Hinderaker, director of the non-profit Boone County Probation, the supervisors are primed to approve a one-year pilot project involving 20 offenders,…
Read MoreCommunity Foundation grants to be awarded Monday
The Greene County Community Foundation will award 23 grants totaling $150,000 Monday, March 25, at the First Presbyterian Fellowship Hall in Jefferson. The presentations will begin at 7 pm. Representatives of all groups receiving grants have been asked to attend. The public is welcome.
Read MoreThe long arm of Greene County law reaches to Ohio
Greene County attorney Thomas Laehn is continuing his effort to let people know that Greene County isn’t a place to run afoul of the law. Not only are offenders more likely to serve time behind bars than before Laehn took over as prosecutor in January, but at least one offender who thought he could bypass prison time has learned differently.
Read MoreBike trail bridge collapses after being rammed by ice
Dan Towers gives his eye-witness account “It could always be worse, but that’s bad enough right there,” Greene County conservation director Dan Towers said Monday as he shared pictures with the county supervisors of the collapsed bridge over the Raccoon River on the Raccoon River Valley Trail south of Jefferson.
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending March 15
In Greene County district court Lyle Neil Stork, 56, of Glidden was sentenced March 8 to two years in prison after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of operating while intoxicated- second offense. All but seven days of the prison term was suspended and he was placed on formal probation for two years. He must compete the…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending March 15
In Greene County magistrate court Michael Allen Olson of Jefferson was fined $65 with a $22.75 surcharge on a charge of public intoxication. A charge of disorderly conduct was dismissed. Court costs were $60. A case was initiated against Branden G. Smith of Jefferson on a charge of interference with official acts.
Read MoreSchool levy rate to decrease slightly for 2019-20
Board also discusses student farming, IJAG, and fulltime grounds keepers The proposed Greene County Schools budget for 2019-20 shows a slight decrease in the levy rate from the current year. The Greene County school board heard a presentation on the budget by superintendent Tim Christensen at its March 13 work session, and then set a public hearing on the budget…
Read MoreRams’ Morton sets meet record at BVU indoor meet
Greene County junior Carter Morton placed first in the high jump at the Buena Vista University co-ed Elite Meet Saturday, setting a meet record, a new school record and a personal record at 6’ 7”. His jump was three inches higher than at the opening indoor meet at the University of Northern Iowa earlier this month. Morton also placed fifth…
Read MoreGrCo fifth graders complete D.A.R.E. program
Frist D.A.R.E. class in the district since 2005 The students didn’t process in and out to music and they didn’t toss mortarboards into the air, but the Greene County class of 2026’s graduation from the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program Friday had most of the other elements of commencement exercises.
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