Greene County is one of five counties named in a June 16 disaster proclamation by Gov. Kim Reynolds in response to recent severe weather. Other counties in the declaration are Cerro Gordo, Hardin, Mills, and Pottawattamie. The governor’s proclamation allows state resources to be utilized to respond to, and recover from, the effects of this severe weather. In addition, the proclamation…
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First Presbyterian Church hosting Pastor Andy and Andrea Monroe Baker Sunday
First Presbyterian Church in Jefferson invites the community to hear guest pastor Andy Baker this Sunday, June 19, at 10:30 am. Baker serves at the Nehemiah Center in Managua, Nicaragua, working with pastors as well as designing youth ministry curriculum and creating sermon series. His wife Andrea, a 1999 Jefferson-Scranton graduate and the daughter of Bill and Martha Monroe of…
Read MoreJeff council learns of issue with soil at animal shelter site
The Jefferson city council at its June 14 meeting approved spending $6,030 for additional soil testing at the site of the new Greene County animal shelter, but only after asking several questions about the need for the testing and whether it should be paid by the contractor. Issues with the soil at the site present the most recent challenge to…
Read MoreAnother $2.4M added to list of county infrastructure needs
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline Just two weeks after learning the price tag on a new HVAC system at the courthouse has grown to $3.4 million, the Greene County supervisors learned of the need for a new communications tower for law enforcement. The price tag on that necessary infrastructure improvement is nearly $2.8 million. During the supervisors’ regular June 13…
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