This begins my second year of sharing View(s) From My Window with you. For those of you who provide feedback, whether positive or negative, it nourishes my energy level to know that you are reading and thinking. Thank you. As 2024 comes to a calendar close, we think about the plans for 2025. For many it seems like a fresh…
Read MoreMonth: January 2025
Wolf retires as Public Health director after 43 years in nursing
After more than 43 years serving members of our local communities, Greene County Public Health director Becky Wolf (pictured with Dr Thomas Fagg) retired at the end of 2024. Though she has seen many changes, both in technology and medical advancements, she is most proud of her team, the programs they have spearheaded and the way they truly care. “I can’t…
Read MoreSupervisors organize for 2025, hear update on Wild Rose tax valuation dispute
John Muir will continue for another year as chair of the Greene County board of supervisors and Dawn Rudolph will repeat as vice chair. There was virtually no discussion before that motion was made, seconded and approved at the board’s Jan. 2 meeting. During the reports portion of the meeting, county attorney Thomas Laehn introduced Kaitlyn Willms, new assistant county…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending Jan. 3
In Greene County district court Samantha Jo Bergemann, 39, of Jefferson was sentenced Dec. 30 to 180 days in jail after she changed her plea to guilty to a charge of operating while intoxicated. All but two days of the jail sentence was suspended and she was placed on probation to Boone/Greene County Probation for one year. She may complete…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending Jan. 3
Cases were initiated in Greene County magistrate court during the week ending Jan. 3 as follows: Audrie Leiann Lawrence of Jefferson, possession of drug paraphernalia; Jeremy Ernest Andrews of Jefferson, possession of drug paraphernalia; Christopher Michael Gilliland of Jefferson, domestic abuse assault; and Kendall Griffin of Rippey, possession of drug paraphernalia.
Read MoreJefferson public library adds hoopla digital
Jefferson public library patrons can now do even more with their library card with a new service – “hoopla digital”. With hoopla digital, patrons can now instantly read, watch, and listen to their choice of more than 1 million titles for free with their library card. Content can be streamed from any computer or mobile device by downloading the hoopla digital…
Read MoreGreene County senior advances in Legion oratory contest
Payton Wadsworth was awarded second place in the 2024 American Legion 8th District High School Oratorical Contest. The speech contest was held Dec. 29 at the Des Moines Area Community College Campus in Carroll. Both the second and first place winners will compete at the next level Jan. 12. Payton, a senior at Greene County High School, received a $500 check along with…
Read MoreWhat the publisher read in 2024
Hello, GCNO readers! Each January I like to share what I’ve read during the past year. This year two good reader friends and I began meeting monthly not as a book club, but to suggest books to each other. There are some books on my list that I probably would not have read without their suggestion, but I enjoyed them…
Read MoreSupervisors hold last meeting for the year, swear in those elected in November
The Greene County supervisors opened their Dec. 30 meeting with Tori Gettler of the auditor’s office administering the oath of office to supervisors John Muir, Pete Bardole and Joe Gannon, auditor Billie Jo Hoskins, and sheriff Jack Williams. It was Gannon’s first time to take the oath, as he was elected in November to take the seat vacated by the…
Read MoreRemember this?
GreeneCountyNewsOnline is inaugurating a new occasional feature with the start of a new year. Remember this? will bring back news posts from earlier years. This was initially posted Nov. 23, 2016. The Greene County supervisors are revisiting updating the heating/cooling system at the courthouse after supervisor Mick Burkett said a department head meeting last week got “rather heated” over the…
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