Month: September 2022

Greene County High School students are celebrating homecoming next week, with the parade, coronation, and the homecoming football game Friday, Sept. 16. The public is invited to several activities during the week as follows: Sunday, Sept. 11 – Powderpuff football, 2 pm, at the Grand Junction field; and boys volleyball, 6:30 pm in the high school gym. Admission for either…

Supervisors agree to shorten some setback distances ~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline Greene County board of supervisors chair John Muir again cautioned representatives of National Grid Renewables and other participants that the public discussion of the Greene County zoning ordinance re-write concerning rules for utility level solar projects is “not a negotiation.” “We are open to comments,” supervisor Dawn Rudolph…

Donation honors Paul and Vernice Cutler Don Orris, who has led the effort to raise funds for a new animal shelter over the last six years, has honored a request by the first major donor to the project. The animal shelter is finally near completion, and Orris has convinced the anonymous donor to allow his name and the reasons for…

Ashley Squibb was sworn in as a member of the Scranton city council at the Aug. 16 meeting. Squibb fills a vacancy and will serve until the November 2023 election. The council set the fall clean up for Sept. 24 from 6 to 8 am. The budget amendment  was approved. Dawn Rudolph reported on the Community Center. She advised the…

Home State Bank in Jefferson is celebrating achievements recently awarded to some staff members. In July, Home State Bank’s CEO and chairman of the board, Sid Jones, received the prestigious 2022 Robert D. Dixon Founders’ Award at the Community Bankers of Iowa annual management conference and annual convention in Okoboji. This award was established in 2003 by Community Bankers of…

Continuing mostly dry conditions across most of the State resulted in 6.1 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Sept. 4, 2022, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Fieldwork included harvesting corn for silage, cutting hay, seeding cover crops, and preparing equipment for harvest. Topsoil moisture condition across Iowa rated 16 percent very short, 30 percent short, 53 percent…

Congresswoman Cindy Axne, who represents Iowa’s Third Congressional District, which now includes Greene County, will be in Jefferson Wednesday afternoon. Axne will meet and greet constituents at Greene Bean Coffee at 1 pm. Her visit will continue at the Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower at 2 pm. Depending on the weather, conversation will continue on the courthouse plaza or at the…