Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Greene County sheriff’s office: Friday, Dec. 31: At 8:50 am a deputy assisted with cattle out in the 1500 block of County Road E-53 (235th St) west of Jefferson. At 11:17 am a deputy assisted a motorist who went into the ditch on the ice-covered roadway on Highway 30 at J Ave…
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Police blotter – December 2021
Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Jefferson police department: Friday, Dec. 31: At 2:45 am an officer was requested at the Greene County Medical Center regarding a subject who reported a gunshot victim was in his car in the parking lot. The officer determined the reporting party was suffering from a mental health issue and there was no…
Read MoreCovid rates decline in county, vaccination rates up
Despite surges in cases of Covid-19 nationally, Greene County positivity rates for the virus have declined, to their lowest point since Nov. 15. Greene County director of public health Becky Wolf reports that as of Dec. 27, the 7-day positivity rate for Covid testing is 4.9 percent; the 14-day rate is 5.9 percent. Ten cases have been diagnosed in the…
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