A free hazardous waste collection is slated for Saturday, Aug. 19, from 9 to 11 am on the north side of the courthouse square. The event is for Jefferson residents only. Waste from schools and businesses, including farms, will not be accepted without prior approval. Items that will be accepted include aerosol cleaners and paints; ammonia-based cleaners; antifreeze; batteries (only…
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Jeff council agrees to strategic planning, increases fees for city services
The Jefferson city staff and council will go through a process for strategic planning and goal setting at the suggestion of new city administrator Scott Peterson. The city council at its Aug. 8 meeting agreed to pay an amount not to exceed $2,000 to Callahan Municipal Consultants of Anamosa for the work. The last several years the council has started…
Read MoreWater Tower housing project gets state Workforce Housing tax credits
Rowland Real Estate LLC was notified last Friday that it will receive a total of $600,00 in state Workforce Housing tax credits for its proposed Water Tower Development in the northwest quadrant of Jefferson. The company will also receive $88,200 in sales tax refunds. The project will include a total of 20 rental units in a mix of four-plexes and…
Read MoreGreene County Schools open Aug. 23
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County Community School District has been busy preparing for the 2023-2024 school year, district wide and throughout the buildings. “There have been many things going on at each of our buildings to prepare ourselves for the school year,” said superintendent Brett Abbotts. The bus garage got a new roof, replacing the…
Read MoreFew ESA applications in Greene, Guthrie counties, but 427 in Carroll
`~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal More than 18,000 Students First Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) were approved as of Aug. 4, with area schools seeing the effects. ESAs are for students whose parents choose to enroll them into an accredited nonpublic school. Each student approved will receive an amount equal to the per pupil funding allocated to public school…
Read MoreWelcome rain for Iowa’s farms
Central and southeast Iowa were the recipients of above average precipitation, which limited days suitable for fieldwork to 4.7 during the week ending August 13, 2023, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Farmers in west central Iowa had 4.1 days for field work. Field activities included cutting and baling hay as well as harvesting oats. Continued precipitation has…
Read MoreAnna Eckhardt, 1918 – 2023
Services will be held August 18 at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home in Jefferson for Anna Josephine Eckhardt, 104, of Jefferson, formerly of Davenport. Interment will be the following day at Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery in Davenport. Memorials in honor of Anna may be directed to First Presbyterian Church in Jefferson, the Jefferson public library, or Greene County Medical Center. Anna Josephine…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending Aug. 11
Bailey Kendahl Barney, 24, of Jefferson pleaded not guilty Aug. 3 to a charge of operating while intoxicated. A trial was set for Oct. 31. Cases were initiated in district court during the week ending Aug. 11 as follows: Kyle Dean Rysavy, 24, of Jefferson, domestic abuse assault impeding air/blood flow causing bodily injury; and Nathan Ray Scott Pote, 32,…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending Aug. 11
In Greene County magistrate court Tyler James Armstrong of Churdan was fined $105 with a $15.75 surcharge on a charge of theft- fifth degree. Both were suspended and he was not assessed court costs. A charge of interference with official acts was dismissed. Brittney Marcy Dawn Olson of Jefferson was fined $105 with a $15.75 on a charge of disorderly…
Read MoreUSDA grant will allow start-up of multicultural initiative late this fall
Goal is to grow the workforce and the population The multicultural initiative – formerly called Nueve vida en Greene County, now renamed the Greene County multicultural initiative – received a breath of fresh air last week when Greene County Development Corporation (GCDC) learned it has been awarded a $95,703 from U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development to fund a first…
Read MoreOrientation slated at Career Academy
Orientation for the 2023-24 school year at the Greene County Career Academy is Wednesday, Aug. 16, at 2:30 or 5:30 pm. Students who are signed up for the career academy or students who are still considering the career academy should attend one of the two sessions. A parent or guardian should attend, too, because school officials will go over valuable…
Read MoreHard choices and high hopes
~a column by Colleen O’Brien The July release of the controversial movie “Sound of Freedom” tells a tough story – children stolen from their lives and put to work as sex slaves. As sickening as the movie is, it is hopeful in that it tells the world that’s willing to watch it that the issue is not something we can…
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