The Greene County Iowa Genealogical Society will meet Saturday, Jan. 6, at 10 am. Assistance in finding more information about farming ancestors will be the program. Mary Ealy’s topic will be on using plat books and understanding land descriptions to find where ancestors lived and worked. The meeting room at the Jefferson Public Library basement is handicap accessible. Members and…
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Robinson named director of GJ library
Alan Robinson has been named director of the Grand Junction Public Library. A resident of Grand Junction, he was previously director of the Jamaica Public Library in Jamaica. Robinson also worked at the Cobblestone Hotel in Jefferson and at Jefferson Matters: Main Street following a 20-year career as a business journalist in New York. “The Grand Junction library is an…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending Dec. 29
In Greene County district court Christopher Herbert Lawrence, 43, of Jefferson was sentenced Dec. 21 to five years in prison after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of possession of methamphetamine- third or subsequent offense. The prison term was suspended and he was placed on probation to the Iowa Department of Corrections for three years. He was…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending Dec. 29
In Greene County magistrate court a judgment for a $105 fine with a $15.75 surcharge was entered Dec. 22 against Joshua Allen Leroy Jordan on a charge of disorderly conduct- fighting/violent behavior. Court costs were $96.50. A case was initiated against Jennifer Marie Ashby of Jefferson on a charge of domestic abuse assault.
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