Armed 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…

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County 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…

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Jone 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…

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