Greene County public health has started a wait list for county residents who are in Phase 1B to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Phase 1B was modified by the Iowa Department of Public Health on Wednesday. Due to current and short-term projections of vaccine for Iowa, the recommendations for Phase 1B focus on those age 75 years or over, as well…
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Covid positivity rate at 8.5 percent
The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing has increased slightly as the 14-day incubation period ends after the holidays. Greene County public health director Becky Wolf reported positive tests were 8.5 percent of all tests in the last 14 days. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the county is 710. There have been eight new cases in the…
Read MorePowerful Tools for Caregivers series slated
Do you help take care of an adult with one or more chronic conditions? If so, you are not alone. Over 43.5 million family caregivers in America provide a vast array of emotional, financial, nursing, social, homemaking and other services on a daily or an intermittent basis. Caregiving can be a stressful responsibility leading to poor health, mental distress and…
Read MoreNumber of Covid-19 cases tops 700
The total number of Covid-19 cases in the county is 703. Five new cases have been diagnosed in the past 24 hours, 10 in the last three days, 18 in the last seven days, and 39 new cases in the last 14 days. Of the total cases, 97 are active and 604 persons have recovered. The number of deaths attributed…
Read MoreCounty set to repair river bridge on bike trail
Discussion of extending mask mandate set for Thursday ~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline At their regular meeting Jan. 11, the Greene County board of supervisors approved final plans and specifications for the Raccoon River Valley Trail bridge repair project which has been in the works since the bridge, located 2.5 miles south of the Jefferson depot, was damaged in March…
Read MoreCovid positivity rate at 6.7 percent as of Wednesday
The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in Greene County nudged its way back to 6.7 percent as of Wednesday morning, from 5.8 percent Tuesday, according to Greene County public health director Becky Wolf. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the county is 701. There have been seven new cases in the last 24 hours, eight in the last…
Read MoreBusy week for Ram matmen
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County wrestling team traveled to Burnside Jan. 7 where they battled Audubon, Ogden and Southeast Valley. The Rams came away with two victories, defeating Audubon 60-12 and Ogden 51-23. They fell to the hosts, 53-24. It was career victory number 50 for sophomore McKinley Robbins. The top ranked Class 2A wrestler at 120…
Read MoreRam girls get third hoops win of season
The Greene County girls basketball team fell in non-conference action Jan. 4 to Webster City 53-18 but won their Heart of Iowa Conference clash with Saydel Jan. 8, 59-42. Both games were played at the new Greene County gymnasium in Jefferson. The Rams are now 2-2 in conference play and 3-4 overall. Friday was Senior Night. Eliza Carlson, Brianna Osterson,…
Read MoreRam boys get first win of hoops season
The Greene County boys basketball team celebrated its first victory of the season and in the new gymnasium, a 59-45 win over Saydel on Jan. 8. On Tuesday, Jan. 5, the Rams lost to Webster City 51-36 in non-conference action. GC is 1-6 overall and 1-3 in Heart of Iowa Conference standings. “I thought we did a lot of nice…
Read MoreVibrant mainstream media, the light that nurtures democracy
~by Tori Riley, publisher/editor, GreeneCountyNewsOnline The short-lived takeover of the U.S. capitol Wednesday by supporters of President Donald Trump looked more Yemeni or Costa Rican than American. Shock and sadness were the first reaction of many of us. I cried as I watched the news unfolding. “That just can’t be happening here. We don’t do things like that,” I thought.…
Read MoreHow do I do it?
~a column by Colleen O’Brien After the election of Joe Biden as our 46th president, I relaxed, let go of politics. My four-year low-grade fever subsided. If I reverted and thought about politics, it was while I was catching up on things that didn’t have to do with divisiveness, cruelty, disdain, bullying, lying. I looked forward to peaceful discourse –…
Read MoreJeff council ready to pay a share of the animal shelter
Public support, a planned expansion of the Jefferson wastewater treatment plant, and an upcoming bond issue are lining up to make a new animal shelter a reality. Although it wasn’t on the agenda for the Jefferson city council’s Jan. 12 meeting, the council by consensus agreed to move forward with a bond issue of approximately $500,000 for a new animal…
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