In Greene County district court Suanne Elaine Winters, 50, of Bayard was sentenced Nov. 5 to 30 days in jail after she pleaded guilty to a charge of assault causing injury, amended from domestic abuse assault causing injury or mental illness. All but five days of the jail time was suspended and she was placed on probation to Boone/Greene County…
Read MoreDay: November 8, 2021
County attorney calls fed vaccine mandate ‘an abuse of power,’ says he’ll resign before he’ll enforce it
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline “I am a voice for moderation,” county attorney Thomas Laehn told the board of supervisors at their regular meeting Nov. 8, “but not in this instance.” “I am personally outraged,” he said, referring to the federal government as “an agent of tyranny.” Laehn spoke passionately to the board for 15 minutes about the recent federal…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending Nov. 5
New cases listed in Greene County magistrate court during the week ending Nov. 5 were: Kelsey Jean Brooks of Des Moines, possession of drug paraphernalia; Robert Michael Guzman Jr of Carter Lake, possession of drug paraphernalia; Ryan Joseph Murphy of Jefferson, theft- fifth degree; and Benjamin Thomas Murphy of Jefferson, violation of no contact order.
Read MoreCovid vaccines for kids are on their way
The Greene County public health department anticipates receiving a shipment of pediatric (ages 5-11) Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine Nov. 8. More information about scheduling appointments for children ages 5-11 will be provided when plans are finalized, public health director Becky Wolf said. Wolf said on Nov. 8 that 27 cases of Covid-19 have been diagnosed in the past seven days; the…
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