In Greene County district court Dale Lee Spaulding, 52, of Ellsworth was sentenced Jan. 15 to five years in prison after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of possession of contraband in a correctional facility. The prison term was suspended and he was placed on probation to the Iowa Department of Corrections for three years. Spaulding was…
Read MoreDay: January 23, 2021
Greene County magistrate court, ending Jan. 22
In Greene County magistrate court a judgment was entered Jan. 11 against Jacob Kenneth Hartman of Jefferson on a charge of criminal mischief- fifth degree. He was fined $105 with a $15.75 surcharge; both were suspended. He was placed on unsupervised probation to the Greene County sheriff for 12 months. Court costs were not available on Iowa Courts Online. Cases…
Read MoreThe Capitol Roundup
~by Senator Jesse Green January 22, 2021 Last week I talked about some of the unique things I experienced being a first time legislator. In the newsletter I referred to the reality of our situation at the Capitol with this being the largest Republican trifecta since at least 1970. To describe the situation I used the farmer illustration, “When the…
Read MoreBells silenced until policy is adopted
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County board of supervisors unanimously approved the temporary suspension of all music from the bell tower except quarterly chimes at their meeting on Jan 21. Chair John Muir introduced the motion saying, “The art policy didn’t include everything it should have (in regard to the music at the Tower.)” “This temporary move might…
Read MoreWe can heal our divisions
~by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) January 20, 2021 Forty-six years ago this month, I swore an oath to the Constitution as a newly elected representative of Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District. Those were tumultuous times in our nation’s political history. President Richard M. Nixon resigned three months before the midterm elections that would determine representation in the 94th Congress. I was…
Read MoreDeadline extended for cover crop discount on ’21 crop insurance premiums
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig has extended the deadline for farmers who planted fall cover crops to sign up for a $5 per acre reduction on their 2021 crop insurance premiums. Farmers and landowners now have through January 27 to sign up online at apply.cleanwateriowa.org. Fall 2020 cover crop acres enrolled in other state or federal cover crop cost-share programs are…
Read MorePublic health shares guidance for Phase 1B in Covid-19 vaccine distribution
With a shortage of Covid-19 vaccines headlining national news, Greene County public health director Becky Wolf has provided updated information about vaccine distribution in the county. She first explained the Iowa Department of Public Health and public health agencies in all 99 Iowa counties are committed to following Centers for Disease Control mass vaccination guidance for when vaccine inventory is…
Read MoreCovid-19 update, Jan. 23
The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in Greene County is at 9.8 percent as of Saturday morning, Jan. 23. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the county is 729. There have been six new cases in the last 24 hours, nine in the last three days, 26 in the last seven days, and 44 new cases in the…
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