The Greene County supervisors at their May 27 meeting approved amendments to the current fiscal year budget following a public hearing at which no one spoke. The amendment showed an increase in revenues of $480,579. Of that, $350,000 is interest earned on investments and $100,000 is sale of property by the secondary roads department. Insurance payments for damaged sheriff’s vehicles…
Read MoreDay: May 28, 2025
Dangerous conclusions from American slang
~a column by Colleen O’Brien Donald J Trump made his own video on his own media, the storyline being a how-to, like what you can dial up on YouTube, perhaps “How to fix a toilet that never quits running.” To rid the world of an enemy who tells it like it is when it comes to himself (Trump, videographer) shows…
Read MoreJefferson church hosting Blessing Bag event to help fill global hunger gaps
Jefferson First United Methodist Church will host a rice and soy Blessing Bag event Saturday, May 31, in partnership with Midwest Mission. The event will take place from 12 to 2 pm at Midwest Mission Iowa, 219 N Chestnut, Jefferson. Volunteers will pack meals for communities in need. Recent funding cuts have left schools and nonprofits around the world struggling…
Read MoreHistoric church is program topic
~by Denise Van for the Greene County Historical Society The history of Pleasant Hill Church will be described at a June 6 Greene County Historical Society program at the Grand Junction Community Center, 212 E. Main St. The white frame church, built in 1881 on a hill east of the Raccoon River and north of Squirrel Hollow Park in Grant Township,…
Read MoreMagee to tell of Lincoln’s dealing with Iowa at museum presentation
~by Denise O’Brien Van for the Greene County Historical Society An amateur Lincoln scholar, Jed Magee of Jefferson, will talk about President Abraham Lincoln and his dealings with Iowa Sunday, June 8, at 2 pm at the Greene County Historical Society Museum, 219 E. Lincoln Way in Jefferson. As a result of his time serving in an Illinois regiment in…
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