About two dozen area residents gathered on the covered patio at the Milwaukee Road depot, adjacent to Freedom Rock, to remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001. The event was planned and emceed by Sean Sebourn. Sebourn quoted the impromptu speech President G.W. Bush gave Sept. 14, 2001, using a bullhorn and standing on a burned out firetruck at Ground…
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Supes handle routine business
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline At their regular meeting on September 8, the Greene County supervisors heard options from county attorney Thomas Laehn for filling the position of county recorder when current recorder Marcia Tasler retires at the end of October. Laehn said the board could fill the position by appointment or call for a special election. Laehn also discussed…
Read MorePublic entities, select nonprofits in Greene County now eligible for FEMA funds
Public assistance for derecho recovery Gov. Reynolds received word Sept. 10 that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has made assistance available to public entities and nonprofits in seven additional counties as well as the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa that were impacted by the Aug. 10 derecho. Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hardin, Iowa, Jackson, and Washington…
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