The Greene County Lamb Producers will host their annual banquet Saturday, March 14, at Clover Hall on the Greene County Fairgrounds. Serving will begin at 6:30 pm. The Lamb Producers will prepare leg of lamb, with sides catered by Lidderdale Country Store.
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Prescribed burns set by DNR at two locations
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources plans to conduct prescribed burns this spring in Greene County on Dunbar Slough and Snake Creek Wildlife Management Areas. Dunbar Slough is located one mile south and three miles west of Scranton. Snake Creek is located two miles north of Rippey.
Read MoreMoney Smart essay contests offer chance to win $1,000 for college
Home State Bank will participate in Money Smart Week, April 4-11, and encourages Greene County students to enter the Money Smart Kid and Money Smart Teen essay contests, sponsored by the Iowa Bankers Association in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Read MoreZmolek elected to Jeff council
Pat Zmolek was elected in a special election Tuesday to fill a vacancy on the Jefferson city council. He will serve until Dec. 31, 2021. Unofficial results show Zmolek with 365 votes (55.05 percent) and Sean Sebourn with 298 votes (44.95 percent). There were three write-in votes.
Read MoreErnst slates town hall Friday in Jefferson
Sen Joni Ernst (R-IA) will host a town hall meeting Friday, March 6, at 12:30 pm at the Greene County Community Center. The event is open to the public. Ernst “looks forward to hearing from constituents in the area about the issues most important to them,” a press release stated. The town hall meeting is one of three stops Ernst…
Read MoreChamber holds annual meeting
The Jefferson Area Chamber of Commerce has “made leaps and bounds in the right direction,” as Chamber board president Ian Wilkinson said at the Chamber’s annual meeting Feb. 27. In the past year, the Chamber has “gained ground, has become a more trusted organization in the community through their (the board’s) hard work,” he said. About 60 persons attended.
Read MoreSupes asked for clean-up ordinance in the county
Also okay funds to digitize newspapers ~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline A petition to address blight in rural Greene County was presented to the board of supervisors at the regular meeting March 2. Residents Carroll Perkins, Randy Wittrock, and Randy Monthei presented the petition signed by 16 people and spoke specifically about the deteriorating motel property west of Jefferson on…
Read MoreDeadline nearing for BOOST Bash tickets
The steering committee of the 2020 BOOST Bash reminds area residents that Friday, March 13, is the last date to reserve tickets for the event, scheduled for Saturday, March 28.
Read MoreJefferson special election Tuesday
Polls will be open for Jefferson city voters Tuesday, March 3, from 7 am until 8 pm. Voters will elect a city council member to complete two years of a term vacated by Matt Gordon when he was elected mayor. Candidates on the ballot are Sean Sebourn and Patrick Zmolek. Polling places are as follows:
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending Feb. 28
In Greene County district court Amanda Ruth Breckinridge, 31, of Mingo was sentenced. Feb. 26 to two years in prison after she changed her plea to guilty to a charge of burglary- third degree (motor vehicle.). The prison term was suspended and she was placed on probation to the Iowa Department of Correctional Services for two years. She must participate…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending Feb. 28
In Greene County magistrate court cases were initiated during the week ending Feb. 28 as follows: Alexander Ruben Basurto of Jefferson, harassment- third degree; and Juan Angel Guzman of Jefferson, harassment- third degree.
Read More‘Meet Your Legislator’ Saturday, March 7
“Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.” ~Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826. With those introductory words, the Thomas Jefferson Gardens board invites area residents to the third “Meet Your Legislator” event Saturday, March 7, at 10:30 am at the Welcome Center, located in the Thomas Jefferson Gardens. Sen. Jerry Behn and Rep. Phil Thompson will be present to greet constituents,…
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