According to statewide auction results tracked by Iowa Appraisal, research data indicates farmland market conditions have plateaued. Iowa Appraisal’s farm appraisal expert Jim Rothermich, MAI, ARA, ALC announces a 13.4 percent increase in Iowa land values, based on dollars per CSR2 point, for the period Jan. 1, 2022, to Jan. 1, 2023, with a statewide average price for tillable farmland…
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Veterans invited to see ‘Devotion’ Sunday afternoon
The 2022 movie “Devotion,” which tells the story of a pair of U.S. Navy fighter pilots during the Korean Conflict who became two of the Navy’s most celebrated wingmen, opens Friday at the Sierra Community Theatre in Jefferson. Veterans are invited to attend the matinee Sunday at 2 pm at no charge. Each veteran may bring one guest, and each…
Read MoreMove-in day at the Greene County Animal Shelter
Saturday was a day the all-volunteer People for Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) has been looking forward to for years. Finally, they were able to vacate the delipidated animal shelter near the Jefferson wastewater treatment plant and move into a new shelter on Doreen Wilber Drive in northwest Jefferson. About a dozen volunteers helped move items from the old shelter. Timing…
Read MoreImmigration to Greene County is topic of Jan. 15 Historical Society program
~by Denise O’Brien Van for the Greene County Historical Society Over the past 140 years, immigration from other countries to Greene County mirrors what’s gone on throughout the United States, says Chuck Offenburger. He will tell the story of immigration to the local area at a 2 pm program on Sunday, Jan. 15, at the Greene County Historical Museum, 218…
Read MoreSupervisors hear update on carbon pipeline
Discuss GCDC goals, Nueve Vida ~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline At the meeting of the Greene County board of supervisors on Jan. 5, Riley Gibson, representing Summit Carbon Solutions, updated the supervisors on the carbon dioxide-capturing pipeline proposed to be constructed through a portion of Greene County. Gibson reported 90.82 percent of the necessary easements through farmland in Greene County…
Read MoreCompensation board suggests 6.5 percent salary increase for elected officials, 13.5 percent for sheriff
Editor’s note – The original post included an incorrect figure for the attorney’s salary. That number has been corrected. Greene County elected officials were true to the conservative fiscal attitudes with which they approach county funds when the compensation board met Jan. 3. The compensation board, which meets each year to recommend salary increases for county elected officials, considered a…
Read MoreCounty supervisors organize for 2023
Also discuss animal shelter and hear funding request from Bell Tower Community Foundation The Greene County supervisors held their 2023 organizational meeting Jan. 2. John Muir was elected by the board to begin his second decade as board chair. Dawn Rudolph was re-elected as chair pro tem. Meeting times remain unchanged. Regular meetings will be held Mondays at 8:30 am,…
Read MoreApplications due Jan. 13 for Iowa’s cover crops crop insurance discount program
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig reminds farmers and landowners who planted cover crops this past fall to apply for the state’s crop insurance discount program. Eligible Iowans can receive a $5 per acre discount on spring crop insurance premiums. The deadline to apply is Jan. 13. In its sixth year, the program has helped increase cover crop acreage across the…
Read MoreGCNO recaps 2022
Perhaps the best news of 2022 – certainly the most impressive monetarily, was the news received in January that Alice Walters, who died in June, 2021, at the age of 104, left in her will nearly $500,000 to the Greene County Community Foundation and an equal amount to the Jefferson-Scranton Community Schools Foundation. Walters’ donation to the Community Foundation went…
Read MoreRural property valuations up, urban values down
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline County officials elected or re-elected in the November election were given the oath of office prior to the Greene County board of supervisors meeting on Dec. 27. Deputy auditor and notary public Billie Jo Hoskins administered the oath to supervisors Dan Benitz and Dawn Rudolph, county recorder Deborah McDonald, county treasurer Katlynn Mechaelsen, and county…
Read MoreGrCo school board adopts goals
Approves purchase of Stopfinder geo alerts for busses, roof replacement at middle school The Greene County Schools board approved strategic priorities at its Dec. 21 regular meeting. The goals were first discussed at a Nov. 30 work session with Lou Ann Gvist, Iowa Association of School Boards development director. The board has set priorities the past several years. An effort…
Read MoreZellweger appointed to Scranton city council
Gale Zellweger was unanimously approved by the Scranton city council to fill a vacant seat at their Dec. 15 meeting. He was the only applicant and will be sworn in at the January meeting. Zellweger has previous experience as a council member, serving several years ago. He will replace David Dideriksen who resigned at the Nov. 8 council meeting. Zellweger…
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