~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County board of supervisors at the Dec. 19 meeting adopted a finance plan presented by Heidi Kuhl representing Northland Securities to finance the acquisition and installation of peace officer communication equipment and other emergency services communication equipment and systems, including towers and radios for essential county purposes, and to pay associated costs. The…
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Compensation board to meet Jan. 3
The Greene County compensation board will meet Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 at 2 pm in the boardroom of the Greene County courthouse. The compensation board recommends any salary increases for county elected officials to the county supervisors for consideration in the budget process. Compensation board members are appointed by elected officials. Comp board members and the official they were appointed…
Read MoreCentennial Block, other properties designated as ‘historic’
Christmas arrived just a bit early for several downtown Jefferson building owners. Why Not Us, the investment group that owns the Centennial Block building received notification Nov. 22, 2022, that the property, constructed in 1876, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on Nov. 15, along with the Funky Zebras Jefferson Boutique building at 205 N. Wilson owned…
Read MoreJeff council okays bonds for sewer plant
Council hires search firm for new city administrator; Palmer is retiring in July The Jefferson city council at its Dec. 13 meeting held a public hearing and then approved a resolution approving up to $21 million in sewer revenue bonds to upgrade the wastewater treatment plant. Estimated cost of the project is $19.75 million, and that’s the amount of debt…
Read MoreSupervisors up asst county attorney to fulltime
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline At the meeting on Dec. 12, the Greene County board of supervisors unanimously approved county attorney Thomas Laehn’s request to make the assistant county attorney position fulltime. Laehn told the board workload in the county attorney’s office has increased and there will be several jury trials in 2023 in addition to seven Class A or…
Read MoreSummit Carbon Solutions has most of its needed easements in Greene County for carbon pipeline
Summit Carbon Solutions reported Dec. 13 it has secured easement agreements accounting for 85 percent of its proposed pipeline route across Greene County. Across Iowa, 61 percent of the needed easements have been secured. “Summit Carbon Solutions was formed to open new economic opportunities for ethanol producers and to strengthen the ag economy that is so critical to families and…
Read MoreBlue Christmas service this Thursday
NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. Central Christian Church in Jefferson invites all who are seeing more darkness than joy this holiday season to a Blue Christmas service, a service of remembrance and hope, Thursday, Dec. 15. The quiet, contemplative service is intended for those for whom this time of year brings back memories of past pain and sorry. “For…
Read MoreElks to serve free Christmas dinner
Jefferson Elks Lodge #2306 will once again serve a annual free dinner on Christmas Day at 4 pm at the lodge. The Elks have provided this service for 56 years. The public is invited, but the Elks ask for guests to call the lodge and make a reservation for the number of those who will be attending. Reservations should be…
Read MoreFirst UnityPoint Rural Healthcare Leadership Award to GCMC’s Steinberg
Greene County Medical Center’s director of nursing, Jessica Steinberg, has been named the first ever recipient of the Des Moines UnityPoint Health Rural Healthcare Nursing Leadership Award. Steinberg, who joined the Greene County Medical Center team in 2013, was nominated by chief nursing officer Susan Moore. In her nominating letter, Moore said Steinberg’s outstanding leadership has garnered the respect of…
Read MoreCounty supes continue discussion of bell tower, dog policies
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline Open forum at the beginning of the Greene County board of supervisors meeting on Dec. 5 brought people of the community out to speak on issues discussed by the board at the meeting on Nov. 28. Carole Custer, president of the Community Bell Tower Foundation, told the board, “I have been reading reports in the…
Read MoreHabitat for Humanity’s Nativity Festival returns this Sunday
After a Covid-required hiatus, the Nativity Festival returns to Greene County Sunday, Dec. 11, at the First United Methodist Church in Jefferson as a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity. The event will begin with a display of nativity sets at 3 pm. A community Christmas concert will begin at 4 pm in the church sanctuary. The concert will feature the…
Read MoreJefferson-Scranton alumna Kris Curnyn-Hagedorn inducted into Iowa Track Coaches Hall of Fame
Kris Curnyn-Hagedorn, a 1994 Jefferson-Scranton graduate and four-sport athlete, was inducted into the Iowa Association of Track Coaches Hall of Fame. Curnyn-Hagedorn graduated from Iowa State University in 1999 after four successful years on the ISU track and field team. During that time she won Big 12 titles, set Big 12 records, and earned All American honors. Curnyn Hagedorn first…
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