Also learns of sale of former DrugTown building It’s taken longer than three years, but a new animal shelter is now close to becoming a reality. The Jefferson city council at its regular meeting Oct. 26 approved a contract with Jensen Builders to construct an animal shelter. Jensen’s base bid, at $894,900, was the low bid of three on the…
Read MoreMonth: October 2021
Dream on
~a column by Colleen O’Brien A fellow I recently met asked me to describe myself. I told him I was a worried Pollyanna. He said, “Isn’t that impossible?” Being pollyannaish means that one is “pleasantly, even unrealistically optimistic.” Which means I can’t be worried. But I’ve always been able to walk down the middle of the road, so I am…
Read MoreNew NHS members at Paton-Churdan
The Paton-Churdan National Honor Society inducted three new members Thursday, Oct. 21. Sophomores, juniors and seniors are eligible for National Honor Society based on their scholarship achievement of maintaining a 3.0 grade point average. Eligible students must then apply for membership. Applications are reviewed and scored based on a rubric. A faculty committee then reviews blind applications and selects new members based…
Read MoreSupes hear about naming an unnamed creek, need for a new communications tower
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The federal government wants to know if the Greene County board of supervisors supports naming an officially unnamed tributary of Cedar Creek. County attorney Thomas Laehn presented the question to the board at the regular meeting on Oct. 25. Laehn said a Churdan area resident had submitted an application to the federal government to have…
Read MoreCasino proves its value turning a ‘no’ vote into a ‘yes’
When Guy Richardson called his fellow supervisors in 2013 about possibly bringing a casino to Greene County, Dawn Rudolph of Scranton supported the idea right away, but thought it was a long shot. “I thought, ‘Well, that would be great if we can really do it,’” she recalls. Fast forward to 2021, Rudolph meets friends to plant flowers and grasses…
Read MoreHistorical Society will learn about Greene County’s early ‘fountain of youth’
~by Chuck Offenburger for the Greene County Historical Society At the Friday, Nov. 5, program of the Greene County Historical Society in Scranton, Mary Weaver of rural Rippey will tell of her home area’s Eagle Mineral Springs, which produced water so rejuvenating that the springs were touted as a local “fountain of youth.” They were located on the pioneer farm…
Read MoreCorn harvest 56 percent complete, bean harvest at 90 percent
Harvest was in full swing across Iowa until precipitation slowed progress over the weekend and limited farmers to 5.0 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending October 24, 2021, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field activities continued to include harvesting soybeans and corn, fall tillage and applying fertilizer. Topsoil moisture levels statewide rated 7 percent very…
Read MoreWild Rose Jefferson yields record revenue for Grow Greene County
Wild Rose Casino & Hotel set new records for gaming revenue in the first three quarters of 2021, which is resulting in record payments to Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation this year. In fact, the third quarter marks a new record for revenue sharing payments with Grow Greene County, the qualified sponsoring organization (QSO) that distributes gaming proceeds to charities…
Read MoreJanice Badger, 1944 – 2021
Services will be held Oct. 29, 2021, at First United Methodist Church in Jefferson for Janice Kay Badger, 77, of Bagley. Words of comfort will be offered by The Rev Heather Dorr, pastor of the church. Soloist will be Gary Haupert, accompanied by Sheryl Sloan. Honorary bearers will be Joe McCullough and Gary Hoffman. Casket bearers will be Rodney Frederick,…
Read MoreRochelle Schaffer, 1962 – 2021
Services were held Oct. 27, 2021, at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home in Jefferson for Rochelle “Chellie” Schaffer, 59, of Grand Junction. Bruce Webster, pastor of Church of Christ in Jefferson, offered words of comfort. Casket bearers were family and friends. Interment was at Franklin Township Cemetery at Cooper. Rochelle Anne “Chellie” Schaffer was born April 13, 1962, in Perry. She was…
Read MorePolice blotter – October 2021
Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Jefferson police department: Sunday, Oct. 31: At 7:59 pm staff at Sparky’s One Stop reported one of the subjects with a fake ID the previous day was back at the business. Three local juveniles’ names were given to the officer as being the three responsible. The officer is investigating. At 9:12 pm…
Read MoreSheriff’s report – October 2021
Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Greene County sheriff’s office: Sunday, Oct. 31: At 3:28 pm a deputy assisted with an unruly child in Scranton. Saturday, Oct. 30: At 8:49 am a deputy investigated a complaint of trespass in the 700 block of 215th Lane in Bristol Township. At 7:25 pm a deputy, Churdan fire, Jefferson fire, and…
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