Covid positivity rate nudging back up, now at 4.2 percent Greene County public health director Becky Wolf announced Friday that Greene County public health is now a Test Iowa pickup site for free, at-home Covid-19 saliva test kits. Persons who want more information or to obtain a kit can go to the Test Iowa website at testiowa.com and follow four…
Read MoreDay: July 17, 2021
Jeff council okays $300K for middle school project
The Jefferson city council at its regular meeting July 13 approved a resolution in support of Nate Adams, doing business as 203 W. Harrison, LLC, submitting an application for workforce housing tax credits for his proposed $6 million project to repurpose the former middle school into apartments. The resolution states that the city intends to provide economic development incentives of…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending July 16
In Greene County district curt Stephen Tracy Redding, 32, of Coon Rapids was sentenced July 14 to 180 days in jail after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of operating while intoxicated- second offense. All but seven days of the jail time was suspended and he was placed on probation for 12 months to a “mutually agreeable…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate count, week ending July 16
Cases were initiated in Greene County magistrate court as follows: Marne Irlbeck of Coon Rapids, theft- fifth degree; Charles Raymond Bradshaw II of Jefferson, interference with official acts; and Maddison Jolynn Battani of Des Moines, interference with official acts.
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