In Greene County magistrate court Kathy Louise Arey of Boone was sentenced to seven days in jail after she pleaded guilty to a charge of contempt, amended from violation of a no contact order. The jail time was suspended and she was placed on one year of unsupervised probation to the Greene County sheriff. No order was entered for a…
Read MoreYear: 2020
GrCo schools tell summer lunch plans
Distribution of school lunches in the Greene County school district will end May 28, the scheduled last day of school. A modified summer lunch program will begin Monday, June 8. “Although the Governor has given the okay for school districts to open up buildings for summer school and summer lunch, we still have several details, like social distancing, transportation, etc,…
Read MoreA deeper look: Interview with Alison Manz, DNR
Outlines role of county supervisors in CAFO construction permitting ~by Janice Harbaugh The background: At a public hearing for Stumpf Finishers, LLC, held by the Greene County board of supervisors on May 11, individual board members stated they believed the Iowa Department of Natural Resources had scored the master matrix they had received for Stumpf. Some also stated they had…
Read MoreVerla Anderson, 1930 – 2020
A private graveside service funeral service was held May 28 at Junction Township Cemetery west of Grand Junction for Verla Anderson, 89, of Grand Junction. Words of comfort were offered by Chaplain Kelly Gafkjen. Honorary bearers were Verla’s granddaughters. Casket bearers were her grandsons. Verla Jean Brobst Anderson was born December 14, 1930 at Webster City. She was the daughter…
Read MoreLauree Deal, 1932 – 2020
E. Lauree Widick Deal, age 87, long-time resident of rural Bagley, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2020, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames with her girls by her side. Lauree was born July 28, 1932, to Clifford and Ione Widick of rural Stratford. Lauree was raised on a farm and attended country school until high school. As a young…
Read MoreRoute for Friday’s ‘Teacher Tour’ told
The route for the “Teacher Tour” parade Friday, specially designed to pass the homes of as many students as possible, has been announced. The Teacher Tour will start in Scranton at 4 pm. The tour should be in Jefferson at 4:30, in Grand Junction at about 5:55, and in Rippey at 6:30. Times are approximate, but Teacher Tour organizers say…
Read MoreViruses are always with us
~a column by Colleen O’Brien When I was in junior high – 1957-58 — the Asian flu, an avian influenza believed to have come from geese in China infecting humans, hopped across the world to, among many places, a little farm town in the center of the United States, a county seat called Jefferson in the rolling north central Iowa…
Read MorePatriotic display unveiled at courthouse
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County veterans affairs office and Floyd W Brown American Legion Post #11 of Jefferson held a special ceremony on Friday, May 22, in the south lobby of the Greene County courthouse. A new display, Remembering Our Fallen Heroes, was unveiled.
Read MoreRotary donates $1000+ to ARC
The Rotary Club of Jefferson last week presented a check in the amount of $1,007 to the Greene County Christian Action Resource Center (ARC), represented by Shirley Haupert of Jefferson. Because of the economic uncertainty as a result of COVID-19, Erna Morain, governor of Rotary District 6000, of which the Jefferson Rotary Club is a part, asked each member to…
Read MoreBOOST Bash will be virtual this year
The third annual BOOST Bash will proceed on its rescheduled date of Saturday, June 27, but in an altered format: this year’s BOOST Bash will be completely virtual. The BOOST steering committee will provide additional details in the coming weeks, but the revised events will still include an online auction and recognition of the “great things happening at Greene County…
Read MoreScranton library notes
The Scranton library is remaining closed right now due to the COVID-19 virus. Many of our patrons and staff are in a group that includes a higher possibility of complications from this virus. With that in mind, we have chosen to remain closed and continue to discuss how/when we will be able to open in the future. This is a…
Read MorePrimary election Tuesday, June 2
Voters across the state will go to the polls on Tuesday, June 2, for the primary election. Only voters who have declared their parties, either Republican or Democrat, will cast a ballot. Polls will be open from 7 am. until 9 pm. Due to COVID-19, there will be only two polling locations: Clover Hall, Greene County Fairgrounds, and Greene County…
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