The Iowa Legislature appropriated state infrastructure funds to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to be used for a community-based tree planting program for derecho recovery tree planting. Additionally, through the USDA Forest Service and National Association of State Foresters 2021 State Urban Forest Resilience Grant Program, the Iowa DNR received funds for emerald ash borer reforestation. The Community…
Read MoreMonth: February 2022
GrCo HS tells second tri honor roll
Greene County High School students were named to the high honor roll (grade point average 3.50 or higher) for the second trimester as follows: Seniors: Addison Adcock, Oliver Andre, Lucy Dudley, Christopher Finley, Afton Funcke, Brenner Gallagher, Rym Gherairi, Brianna Habben, Blake Hamann, Zainysh Hernandez Vargas, Veronica Johnson, Carissa Keenan, Landon Kniffin, Brayton Kohl, Ethan Larsen, Jackson Morton, Aidan Neil,…
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
February 24, 2022 Washington Township Trustees are receiving bids for mowing Rippey and/or Angus Cemeteries. Please submit bids to: Jean Borgeson, Clerk, 1951 310th St. Rippey, IA, 50235 by March 1, 2022. The Rippey library is hosting an inaugural poem display through February. There is a framed copy of Amanda Gorman’s poem, “The Hill We Climb,” from President Joe Biden’s inauguration…
Read MoreMy heart is in Ukraine
Updated March 1, 7 pm (at bottom of post) GCNO writer tells of ‘daughter’ in Ukraine ~by Janice Harbaugh My heart is in Ukraine. In 1999, my husband and I met a foreign exchange student sponsored by a program in Jasper County. Alona was from a village in Ukraine and she lived with us on our acreage near Mitchellville for…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending Feb. 24
In Greene County district court Dawn Marie Brown, 50, of Perry was sentenced Feb. 17 to five years in prison after she changed her plea to guilty to a charge of forgery. The sentence is consecutive to sentences in two misdemeanor cases. The prison term was suspended and she was placed on probation to the Iowa Department of Corrections for…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending Feb. 24
Cases were initiated in Greene County magistrate court during the week ending Feb. 24 as follows: Brandon Lee Ferguson of Jefferson, theft- fifth degree, and in a separate case, interference with official acts; and Ever Anibal Ramirez-Bailon of Denison, violation of no contact orger.
Read MoreSupervisors discuss future of Highway 30, solar energy, and public use of the courthouse
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County supervisors met twice in three days, having delayed the regular Monday meeting from Feb. 21 to Feb. 22, due to the Presidents Day holiday, and then meeting again Thurday, Feb. 24. During open forum at the Feb. 22 meeting, John Beltz, who lives and farms west of Jefferson on Highway 30, addressed…
Read MorePolice blotter – February 2022
Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Greene County sheriff’s office: Monday, Feb. 28: At 4:23 pm Wild Rose Casino security staff requested officers at for two subjects possibly using false IDs. The officer could not determine if the IDs were false. The subjects were not allowed entrance to the facility and the follow up on the IDs will…
Read MoreSheriff’s report – February 2022
Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Greene County sheriff’s office: Monday, Feb. 28: At 5:56 am a deputy and the Jefferson fire department responded to a reported fire in the 1300 block of K Ave in Greenbrier Township. No fire was located. At 10:52 am a deputy and Churdan fire department responded to a grass fire on the…
Read MoreFree workshop March 10 on writing resumes, cover letters
Iowa Central Community College is offering a free resume and cover letter workshop at the Greene County Career Academy in Jefferson in partnership with Greene County Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The workshop will be Thursday, March 10, from 5:30 to 8:00 pm in Room D-122. Dinner will be provided at no charge. This resume and cover letter workshop…
Read MoreGreene County eligible for federal disaster funds after Dec. 15 tornadoes
Will also receive funds for hazard mitigation Greene County is among 25 Iowa counties that learned Feb. 23 they were named in a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for damage by high winds, severe storms, and tornadoes Dec. 15, 2021. The declaration provides assistance to public entities and select nonprofit organizations. Under the declaration, FEMA Public Assistance Program funding is available to eligible…
Read MoreRams strike gold, silver at state wrestling tournament
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal Greene County wrestling had a successful state tournament showing, with two of the three bringing home medals. The state tournament took place at Wells Fargo Arena Feb. 17-19. Junior Kale Petersen, who has seen the state tournament before, was the second seed in the bracket although he was a Class 1A defending state…
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