Iowans will not receive mail and banks will be closed on Oct. 14, as it is a federal holiday, but Iowa is one of 10 states that recognize it not as Columbus Day, but rather, Indigenous Peoples Day. Remember….“Columbus sailed the ocean blue, in fourteen hundred and ninety-two.” In 1992, 500 years post-Columbus coming to America, Indigenous Peoples Day was…
Read MoreDay: September 25, 2024
Funeral notices
Karma Hennigar, 93, of Jefferson. Services: Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 10:30 am at First Presbyterian Church, Jefferson. Interment: 1:30 pm at Paton Township Cemetery. Visitation: Following the service. Survivors: children Sheryl (Mark M.) Peterson, Connie (Peter) Elliott, Kirstine Karrick, Jan (Dick) Whitver, Jeff Shorey, Ranae McDermott and Brenda (Jerry E. ) Holtke; 17 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Slininger-Schroeder…
Read MoreGerald ‘Jerry’ Kennedy, 1931 – 2024
On January 18, 1931, Thomas Kennedy and Luella (Tiffany) Kennedy gave birth to Gerald Aloysius Kennedy at their family farm just west of Spring Lake in Grand Junction. Gerald was welcomed by his sister Mary Jane and brother Richard, and Vincent a few years later. Gerald (Jerry) passed away September 20, 2024, at 93 years of age at Regency Park…
Read MoreExtension offering CIC for commercial pesticide applicators
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Greene County office will host a Forest, Aquatic, and Right-of-Way Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators on Wednesday, Oct. 16. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) can be seen at office locations across Iowa. The local attendance site is Greene County Extension office meeting…
Read MoreAmerica in love and loathing
~a column by Colleen O’Brien The man has said, “You know that. And everybody knows that.” He’s not talking about his own lack of honesty but about every subject he brings up. This is an oft-heard collection of words from a former President who averaged using it 154 times a day for the four years of his administration. He continued…
Read MoreSupervisors discuss LOSST ballot issue
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County board of supervisors at their Sept. 23 meeting discussed getting information to the public about the upcoming vote on using Local Option Sales and Service Tax (LOSST) for “any legal purpose.” Only voters in unincorporated parts of the county will have the question on their ballot. “Voting starts Oct. 16,” auditor Billie…
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