Month: August 2019

The Jefferson city council on Tuesday returned to a topic that a year ago resulted in threats of physical violence against one of its members – how to deal with unowned neighborhood cats, or feral cats as some people call them. The discussion was sparked by an incident last Friday in which a resident on Rushview Drive, which is south…

~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The safety of residents in Greene County was discussed at the regular meeting of the Greene County board of supervisors on Aug. 26. County attorney Thomas Laehn presented the draft of an ordinance “regarding the provision of alcoholic beverages, prescription drugs, and controlled substances to persons under the age of 21 within Greene County, Iowa.”

Topic of Historical Society program Sept. 6 ~by Chuck Offenburger for the Greene County Historical Society The Greene County Historical Society will meet Friday, Sept. 6, at historic St. Patrick Catholic Church, located about five miles west of Churdan. Dale Hanaman of Rippey, the former Historical Society president, and Roger Aegerter of Jefferson, the group’s executive director, have been working…

~by Tim Christensen, Greene County Schools superintendent In the spring of 2019, the Iowa Legislature passed and Governor Reynolds signed the extension of the ‘Secure an Advanced Vision for Education” (SAVE) Fund (HF546). This SAVE extension will not be a new tax, but will simply extend the current “One Cent” sales tax that we pay on goods and services. The…

First it was golf carts. Now the Scranton city council has been asked by local residents for an amendment to the ordinances to allow ATVs and UTVs on the streets of the city. The request was made during the open forum of the council’s Aug. 13 meeting. It was just a couple years ago that the council approved allowing golf…

Open house Sept. 9  The Iowa Department of Natural Resources, State Parks Bureau, is hosting an open house to collect comments on future planning and improvements at Springbrook State Park. The open house is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 9, from 4 to 7 pm  at the Mary Barnett Memorial Library, 400 Grand Street in Guthrie Center.

Rain across most of Iowa improved dry soil conditions during the week ending Aug. 25,  according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were 5.0 days suitable for fieldwork. Reporters throughout the state mentioned the need for warmer weather as cooler than normal temperatures have slowed crop development. Fieldwork activities included spraying fungicides and insecticides on late planted…

The Greene County Schools board at its Aug. 21 meeting approved a second change order on the general construction of the career academy and new high school. The change order added $49,278 to the cost of the project, but the total project cost, as of Aug. 19, is still $460,000 less than expected. The board earlier this summer approved a…

Jefferson residents will find new blue trash carts on their property some time this week, but the carts should remain unused for another week. A crew from Elliot Equipment will be in Jefferson this week to assemble and deliver more than 1,600 Shaefer trash carts. The trash carts belong to the city and will be stamped with a serial number.…