Greene County school superintendent reports a significant amount of work has been completed on the high school/career academy building site. The building pad itself has been finished. This involved cutting down the hillside on the west side of the site and moving in fill dirt on the east side of the site to raise the level of the east side…
Read MoreDay: June 19, 2019
Ostendorf and Danner, mainstays through school changes, retiring
~by Noah Rohlfing for the Scranton Journal Greene County Elementary has seen lots of change over the past 30-plus years, but two of the ever-present teachers at the school, Ann Ostendorf and Lori Danner, are hanging up their pencils and retiring at the end of the school year. Ostendorf, a kindergarten teacher for 35 years who has labeled each one…
Read MoreSpecial election for Jeff council Tuesday
Voters in Jefferson will vote Tuesday, June 25, for a council person to fill the remainder of a term that expires Dec. 31, 2021. On the ballot are Amelia Carman, Darren Jackson, who is now serving on the council as an appointee, Mike Mentzer and Mark Wright.
Read MoreHabitat for Humanity’s Kretzinger to retire, Lamoureux to step up
The board of Heart of Iowa Habitat for Humanity announces that executive director Erich Kretzinger will retire effective June 30. Kretzinger has been in the position for 10 years. Following a succession plan created in 2014, when service area and staffing were expanded to include supporting Guthrie County volunteers, associate director Jeff Lamoureux will move into the position of executive…
Read MoreCo attorney writing ‘social host’ ordinance
Hosting a party at which underage drinking or smoking is done may carry a hefty price tag in Greene County. County attorney Thomas Laehn told the county supervisors Monday that at the urging of county sheriff Jack Williams, he’s working on a social host ordinance. The ordinance would allow for civil penalties against people who knowingly host parties with alcohol…
Read MoreGrCo HS tells honor rolls
(Editor’s note: Middle school honor rolls can be found under the Good News tab.) Greene County High School guidance counselor Ruth Broman has released the honor rolls for the spring trimester. Students on the high honor roll with a grade point average of 3.5 to 4.0 include: 12th grade – Jordan Aubrey, Arthur Bardole, Samantha Behne, Janella Brophy, Gina Brown,…
Read MoreJack Bucklin explains ‘protest sign’ in parade
“Somebody’s got to do something!” That’s what I said to a friend who told me “Oh, Jack, don’t do it” after I told her what I was about to do, carry a war protest sign in the Bell Tower parade. I was feeling it, though, feeling it especially hard when I saw the news that the US was moving a…
Read MoreSpecial events planned for Scranton sesqui
A wide variety of special events are planned for the Scranton sesquicentennial Saturday, June 29. The line-up includes: Quilt raffle – See the Doris Tolsdorf/Heartfelt Quilters quilt displayed at Peoples Bank in Scranton. Raffle tickets for the quilt may be purchased the day of the celebration at the information table at the corner of Madison & Main. Tickets are available…
Read MoreOne more holiday?
~a column by Colleen O’Brien June nineteenth is a ceremonial holiday (meaning you don’t get off work) in several states in the U.S.; it has never been declared a national holiday. Juneteenth, sometimes called Freedom Day, sometimes called Emancipation Day, is an American holiday celebrated by African Americans because they were freed from enslavement. It grew out of the announcement…
Read MoresTEP activities told
Jefferson police captain Heath Enns recently reported the JPD’s activities during a special Traffic Enforcement Project (sTEP) conducted March 2 – June 2. Officers wrote 18 citations as follows: speed, 3; no proof of insurance 2; dark windows, 2; open container, 1; seat belts, 1; stop sign/light violation, 1; texting while driving, 1; driving without a license, 1; driving while…
Read MorePlanting nearly finished… finally
For the second week in a row, mostly dry weather conditions allowed Iowa farmers to get work done in their fields. Statewide there were 5.3 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending June 16, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Fieldwork activities included planting and replanting of crops, harvesting hay, spraying and applying nitrogen.
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