The National Weather Service warns that numerous rounds of thunderstorms are possible through early next week. Severe storms and locally heavy rainfall are possible, with large hail and damaging winds being the primary threat. Storms are predicted to develop mainly after 7 pm and along and north of Highway 30. Hail as large as golf balls may fall in some…
Read MoreDay: May 15, 2019
Supes hear cost to repair RRVT bridge
Also get briefed on proposed housing in Jefferson ~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County supervisors got information they’ve been waiting for since ice took out a bridge over the Raccoon River on the Raccoon River Valley Trail in March. Conservation director Dan Towers reported at the May 13 supervisors meeting an estimate of $250,000 to repair 70-foot section…
Read MoreMay you live in interesting times
~a column by Colleen O’Brien “’May you live in interesting times,’” said Sir Austen Chamberlain (brother of Neville) in 1938, quoting what he explained was a Chinese curse, handy for use on people you don’t like. We do live in interesting times. And it is a curse. Give me boring times any day. More time to read a book, go…
Read MoreJeff council ready to sell $2.4 million in bonds
The Jefferson city council at its regular meeting Tuesday voted unanimously to borrow $2.4 million through a general obligation bond issue. The bonds will be sold at the council’s June 10 meeting so the bond issue can be closed by June 30, the end of the city’s fiscal year. According to Tim Oswald of Piper-Jaffray, the city’s financial advisor, the…
Read More‘Fresh Conversations’ at congregate meal site
Fresh Conversations is a nutrition education program designed to support healthy aging and independence. Each month, Iowans aged 60 and older gather in communities across Iowa to discuss current nutrition and health topics, taste low-cost healthy recipes, and discover new ways to stay active and independent.
Read MoreFirst Reunion Rendezvous part of Bell Tower Festival
All past and present Scranton, Jefferson, Jefferson-Scranton and Greene County teachers are invited to join the class reunions held during the Bell Tower Festival June 7-8. This year a new event, Reunion Rendezvous, will take place on the north side of the courthouse immediately after the Bell Tower Festival parade. Reunion Rendezvous will be the place for classmates to meet…
Read MoreLocal vets on Honor Flight
Larry Fatka of Paton and Roger Carlson of Jefferson were among 160 military veterans on the Brushy Creek Honor Flight to Washington DC last Saturday. The veterans flew out of Fort Dodge at 6 am and returned at 11:30 pm after a full day of visiting veterans memorials and doing other sightseeing in Washington. The highlight of their day was…
Read MoreMedical center hires new administrative officer
Greene County Medical Center has recently hired Heather Paris as chief administrative officer and chief financial officer. Paris has a long history of hospital administration work. She was chief executive officer at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital, a rural affiliate of UnityPoint Health in ae City, from 2014-2016. From 1997 to 2013, she was chief financial/information officer at Monroe County Hospital…
Read MoreJPRD hosts Live Healthly Iowa track meet
The Live Healthy Iowa track meet was held Monday at Linduska Field hosted by Jefferson Park and Recreation. There were 31 participants in the meet. The following participants won their event and will travel to Marshalltown to compete on Saturday, June 22.
Read MoreCold and rain slowing planting
Fieldwork activities were limited as rain across the state held Iowa farmers to just 1.9 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending May 12, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Iowa farmers remain hopeful for warmer conditions as below normal temperatures continued to slow crop emergence across the state. Topsoil moisture levels across Iowa rated 1 percent…
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