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Read MoreMonth: February 2021
‘Beauty and the Beast’ on the GrCoHS stage March 5-7
Greene County High School vocal music students will present Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”, the first musical in the new auditorium, this coming weekend. Performances are slated for Friday and Saturday, March 5 and 6, at 7 pm, and Sunday, March 7, at 2 pm. Playing lead roles are Andrea Grundon as Belle, Avery Bardole as Beast, Clay Peters as…
Read MoreCommunity blood drive March 9 in Jefferson
LifeServe Blood Center will hold a community blood drive Tuesday, March 9, from 12:30 to 5:30 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, 801 W. Lincoln Way, in Jefferson. The blood drive is sponsored by Greene County Medical Center. Due to the pandemic, appointments are required to donate blood. Potential donors can visit lifeservebloodcenter.org, text LIFESERVE to 999-777, or call 800-287-4903 to…
Read MoreSuspect arrested for Peoples Bank robbery
A Fort Dodge man was arrested Saturday and 10:30 am and charged with the Feb. 25 robbery of Scranton office of Peoples Bank According to a press release from Greene County sheriff Jack Williams, Zachary Michael Anderson Wailes, 27, of Fort Dodge has been charged with robbery- first degree and theft- first degree. The sheriff’s office was assisted by the…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending Feb. 26
In Greene County district court Julie Diane Mulder, 51, of Jefferson was sentenced Feb. 25 to one year in jail after she changed her plea to guilty to a charge of operating while intoxicated. All but two days of the jail time was suspended and she was placed on informal probation to the Greene County sheriff for one year. She…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending Feb. 26
In Greene County magistrate court a judgment was entered against Justin Edward Johnston of Lake City on a charge of operating without interlock device. Johnston was fined $105 with a $15.75 surcharge. Court costs were $60. A judgment was entered against Trevor Michael Baugh of Jefferson on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. Baugh was fined $105 with a…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Clay Ross on Covid-19
Prove Covid-19 is worse than seasonal flu and that wearing masks affects transmission To whom it may concern, For the last several months the propaganda-tabloid news outlets (aka the mainstream media) have been declaring that this CV-19 is the worst thing that humanity has faced since the Black Death a thousand years ago. This has caused some people to hide…
Read MorePublic health shares C-19 vaccine info
The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing is at 1.5 percent as of Feb. 26, reports Greene County public health director Becky Wolf. Overall, 789 county residents have had the virus. Ninety-five residents have the illness now and 694 have recovered. Ten deaths have been attributed to Covid-19. Wolf reports that although vaccine supply remains limited, Greene County providers are…
Read MoreArmed robbery at bank in Scranton
The Peoples Bank location in Scranton was robbed at 10:37 this morning, Feb. 25. The Greene County sheriff’s office has released a photo from the bank’s surveillance cameras and is asking the public’s help in identifying the suspect. Greene County sheriff Jack Williams did not provide information of how much money was taken. The suspect, a White male probably in…
Read MoreCounty approves tax levy to buy Midland Power building
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline At their Feb. 22 meeting, the Greene County board of supervisors unanimously approved a resolution for the levy of taxes to purchase the Midland Power Cooperative building west of the Jefferson municipal cemetery for $600,000. The resolution also included the approval of an installment contract which requires the county to pay four payments of $150,000…
Read MoreJone Jensen, 1934 – 2021
Jone Gloria Jensen (nee Anderson), died January 26, 2021, in Surprize, AZ, due to coronavirus She was born March 24, 1934, in St Cloud, MN. A talented, curious and determined woman, Jone was educated at Jefferson High School, class of 1952, and at Drake University in Des Moines. She then earned her RN degree with a specialty in anesthesiology at…
Read MoreNeil Wright, 1951 – 2021
Services for Neil Wright, 69, of Panora, will be held Feb. 25, at 11 am at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home in Jefferson, 515-386-2171. Those attending the service will be required to wear a face mask and practice social distancing. The family will be choosing a memorial in honor of Neil. Memorials may be given to the family or left at the…
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