A few days of light rainfall resulted in 4.8 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending June 5, 2022, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Fieldwork activities included replanting wet fields, cutting hay, and chemical applications where winds allowed. Topsoil moisture conditions statewide rated 2 percent very short, 12 percent short, 78 percent adequate and 8 percent surplus.…
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Farmers market to open season June 14 in new location
The Greene County farmers market will open its 22nd season Tuesday, June 14, in a new location this year. The market will be set up next to Thomas Jefferson Gardens of Greene County (TJG), 201 E. Lincoln Way, on Chestnut Street south of Lincoln Way. The TJG board will serve as hosts for the weekly event and Jean Walker will…
Read More‘Iowa’s priceless ambassador’ honored with 2022 Bell Tower of Fame award
Chuck Offenburger of rural Cooper has probably interviewed more Iowans from more far-flung corners of the state than anyone else in Iowa’s history. That alone could have earned him the 2022 Tower of Fame Award. But as they say, there’s more. Much more. The Bell Tower of Fame Award honors those who have lived in Greene County and through their…
Read MoreRams E-Sports finishes 7th in state
Greene County finished its E-Sports year with a convincing win over Bettendorf in the consolation bracket in the playoffs. With the win, Greene County placed seventh in the state. Greene County played a tough schedule, losing to three of the top four teams in the state. Starters in the final match were Captain Aaron Knoll, Caleb Pederson, Caleb Most, Charlie…
Read MoreGreene County Community Foundation offers help and hope now and for the next 150+ years
GCCF offers help and hope now and for the next 150+ years What can happen in 150 years? Look around Jefferson and you will see bountiful growth, change, and possibility, as well as hope for the next 150 years. The Greene County Community Foundation (GCCF) is one source of hope for all of Greene County just as its tagline, “for…
Read MoreNew Lincoln Highway exhibit will debut in Jefferson during Bell Tower Festival
An audiovisual exhibition telling the story of the national Lincoln Highway premiers at the Bell Tower Festival in Jefferson this year. Promise Road: How the Lincoln Highway Changed America opens June 9 at the Greene County Historical Society Museum and will remain through June 26. “Many of us have driven the Lincoln Highway but haven’t realized its significance for the unfolding of…
Read MoreGrCo student charged as adult after taking gun to school
The 16-year-old student who took is accused of taking a gun and ammunition to Greene County High School has been charged as an adult in Greene County district court. Jace Wilson is charged with carrying weapons on school grounds, a Class D felony, and harassment- first degree, an aggravated misdemeanor. According to court documents, Jefferson police officers were called to…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending June 3
In Greene County district court Peggy Sue Fulton, 60, of Ames was granted a deferred judgment after she pleaded guilty midway through a bench trial to a charge of assault. The charge was amended from wanton neglect of a health care facility resident. Fulton was placed on probation for one year to Boone/Greene County Probation and she must pay a…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending June 3
In Greene County magistrate court cases were initiated during the week ending June 3 as follows: Fallon Caroline Heater of Perryt, public intoxication and disorderly conduct; Michael Scott Richards of Jefferson, public intoxication; and Benjamin Jeffrey Ellingson of Jefferson, possession of drug paraphernalia.
Read MoreCourthouse HVAC project doubles in cost, back on hold
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The cost of the decades-overdue update of the HVAC system at the courthouse has more than doubled since the county supervisors agreed by consensus in 2018 to move ahead with the project. No action was taken in 2018, but American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, the Covid-19 pandemic’s silver lining, made the project finally look…
Read MorePrimary Election Day is Tuesday
Primary Election Day in Iowa is Tuesday, June 7. Voters in the primary must designate either Republican or Democrat as their party and will cast a ballot for only that party’s candidates. There is only one local race on the Greene County ballot. Dan Benitz, Cassie George and James Hedges are on the Republican ballot for county supervisor for District…
Read MorePrimary candidates for county supervisor respond to questions
Editor’s note: The following is graciously shared with GCNO readers by The Scranton Journal To provide more information about the three Republican candidates for the Greene County board of supervisors in District 3, The Scranton Journal asked the candidates to respond to a questionnaire. Here are the questions and their responses. Name, age, address: Daniel Benitz, 1706 Westwood Drive, Jefferson…
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