Customers of the Scranton location of Landus Cooperative learned last week the facility will be closing within a year. The announcement was made late last week with letters mailed to customers in the area. The determining factor is the safety of the facility. It has been discovered the concrete silos are deteriorating, causing a safety hazard for the workers as…
Read MoreMonth: April 2019
County engineer tells 5-year road construction plan
Widening and resurfacing County Road P-46 between 340th and 320th St in Washington Township is slated for FY2020. That project is next in line in the five-year secondary roads construction program. County engineer Wade Weiss reviewed the plan with the county supervisors Monday; the supervisors then approved the plan. The estimated cost of the Washington Township project is $1 million.
Read MoreInfo meeting slated for farmers market 2019 season
Farmers market vendors, potential vendors, food/dinner providers and supporters of the Greene County farmers market are invited to welcome spring and meet other local “foodies” at a “Spring into Spring” informational meeting Thursday, April 18, at 6 pm at the Thomas Jefferson Gardens Welcome Center in Jefferson. More More information will be available and potential vendors and dinner providers are…
Read MoreAg assessments delayed until October
Greene County assessor Adam Smith advises property owners the assessments for agricultural property will not be provided in April. “The recent government shutdown caused the State of Iowa not to receive all numbers needed to calculate the ag value for 2019 before the date required by law to change those values,” explained Smith. “Due to crop prices and input cost,…
Read MoreA sure sign of spring – the first NASS crop report
Cool temperatures and rain throughout Iowa kept fields from drying out enough for fieldwork during the week ending April 7, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there was just 0.8 day suitable for fieldwork. Fieldwork activities were limited with some farmers spreading manure and applying dry fertilizer on fields able to support the equipment.
Read MoreThree new school records set at Carroll co-ed track/field meet
The Ram boys track and field team dominated the field events at the Carroll co-ed meet held Monday, April 8. Carter Morton and Colby Kafer set new school records on their way to winning the high jump and long jump, respectively, and Tyler Miller won the shot put. Junior Carter Morton the Jefferson/Jefferson-Scranton/Greene County record in the high jump, clearing…
Read MoreMary Jane Blair, 1932 – 2019
Services were held April 11 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jefferson for Mary Jane Blair, 86, of Jefferson, formerly of Paton. Words of comfort were offered by Pastor Dennis Martens. Wendy Pittman of First Presbyterian Church in Paton was lector and Cathy Lee Fredrickson gave the eulogy. Peg Raney was guitarist and Mark Erickson was organist. Honorary bearers were Nikki…
Read MoreHorace Hedges, 1915 – 2019
A Service of Remembrance was held April 9 at the First United Methodist Church in Jefferson for Horace Hedges, 104, of Jefferson. The Rev Julie Poulsen offered words of comfort. Joseph Jackson II was soloist, accompanied by Sheryl Sloan. Interment was at the Jefferson Municipal Cemetery. Horace Frederick Hedges was born January 25, 1915, in Scranton Township, Greene County, the…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending April 5
In Greene County district court McKensie Rae Bess, 36, of Carroll was sentenced April 3 to seven days in jail after she pleaded guilty at arraignment to a charge of possession of marijuana- second offense. The jail term was suspended and she was placed on unsupervised probation for one year. She must undergo a substance abuse evaluation and complete any…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending April 5
In Greene County magistrate court cases were initiated during the week ending April 5 as follows: Branden Gerrick Smith of Jefferson, violation of protective order; and Mariah Bartley of Jefferson, providing tobacco to minor.
Read MoreAuthor tells story of a dark time in Quebec’s history
Owns and operates a thriving retail business to have time to write ~by Victoria Riley for GreeneCountyNewsOnline Joanna Goodman, author of The Home for Unwanted Girls, this year’s Greene County Reads selection, owns and operates an upscale bed linens store in Toronto to have enough time to write. She’s also the mother of two children, ages 9 and 14. How…
Read MoreGreene County Reads discussions this Thursday
There’s still time to be part of the 2019 Greene County Reads program. Discussions of The Home for Unwanted Girls, a Canadian #1 Best Seller for seven months, will be held Thursday, April 11. All county libraries have copies of the book available for check-out. Author Joanna Goodman will join in the discussions via Skype. The local discussions will be…
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