The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in Greene County is at 9.8 percent as of Saturday morning, Jan. 23. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the county is 729. There have been six new cases in the last 24 hours, nine in the last three days, 26 in the last seven days, and 44 new cases in the…
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State treasurer provides snapshot of counties’, cities’, and schools’ debt
State treasurer Michael Fitzgerald reported Jan. 20 that Iowa outstanding debt obligations for state and local governments totaled $17.9 billion as of June 30, 2020, a 4.77 percent increase from fiscal year 2019. “This is similar to the increase we saw last year,” said Fitzgerald. “With interest rates this low, public units are borrowing money to pay for capital projects…
Read MoreRams lose games to Panorama, Nevada
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County basketball teams dropped both contests last week. The Greene County girls basketball team was no match for the potent offensive attack of Class 3A #10 Panorama Monday, Jan. 11. The Panthers topped the Rams 66-26. In conference action Tuesday, Jan. 12, Nevada ran over the Rams 50-23. Games across the state were…
Read MoreWait list available for next phase of Covid-19 vaccines
The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in the county is 9.2 percent as of Thursday morning, Jan. 21, according to Greene County public health director Becky Wolf. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the county is 723. There have been three new cases in the last 24 hours, seven in the last three days, 20 in the last…
Read More2021 Bell Tower of Fame Award nomination deadline nears
When the Bell Tower of Fame Award began, “There were those in our community who thought we would surely run out of people to honor. Surprise! Thanks to the efforts of many nominators, the honorees’ accomplishments have spanned the globe,” says Carole Custer, past chair of the Bell Tower Festival and chair of the selection committee. The award has honored…
Read MoreCovid update, Jan. 20
The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in Greene County is at 9.3 percent as of Wednesday morning, Jan. 20. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the county is 720. There has been one new case in the last 24 hours, four in the last three days, 20 in the last seven days, and 37 new cases in the…
Read MoreSupes to discuss silencing the bell tower until policies are put in place
The Greene County board of supervisors’ agenda for the Thursday meeting, posted Tuesday, was amended at 8:30 Wednesday morning. Added to the agenda is consideration of temporary suspension of all music from the Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower (except the quarterly chimes) until policies governing the playing of music are established.
Read MoreI finally understand what ‘stooping to conquer’ means
~a column by Colleen O’Brien On the evening of President Obama’s first inauguration, Jan. 20, 2009, leading Republicans spent four hours in a high-end DC restaurant plotting how to waylay anything they could in the new administration’s plans. The dinner was reported by Washington Post reporter Jonathan Capehart on Aug. 10, 2012, and by Frontline on Jan. 15, 2013. The…
Read MoreJunior class chili supper is Jan. 29
The Greene County junior class chili supper will be served Friday, Jan. 29, with some Covid-19 guidelines. The Ram girls and boys basketball teams will host West Marshall for a Mega Night in the high school and middle gyms that evening. The meal includes a bowl of chili, crackers, relishes, crackers, a cinnamon roll, and water. Fans who are allowed…
Read MoreLocal Cattlemen planning annual banquet for Feb. 27
The Greene County Cattlemen are making preparations for their annual banquet to be held Saturday Feb. 27, at Clover Hall on the Greene County Fairgrounds. Social hour begins at 6 pm with a New York Strip steak dinner served at 6:30. The Cattlemen will follow Covid mitigation protocols set forward by the governor and Greene County leaders. “If you are…
Read MorePatriotic bell music will mark presidential inauguration
Patriotic music will play from the Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower Wednesday, Inauguration Day, at 12:15 pm. Mahanay Maestro Rick Morain’s playlist will include “The National Anthem,” “America, the Beautiful,” “America,” “This Land Is Your Land,” and “God Bless America”. The Greene County Democrat central committee was told Tuesday mid-day that their request for patriotic music would be granted after initially…
Read More‘People’s Inauguration’ set for Thursday
All interested persons are invited to participate in a “People’s Inauguration” Thursday, Jan. 21, at 12:15 pm on the south side of the courthouse in Jefferson. The event, which will be mirrored across the nation, will be an opportunity “to renew our spirits and recommit to our core values,” wrote Sikh activist, author and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project…
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