A Java & Juice event will be held Friday, June 17, from 9:30 to 10 am at Thomas Jefferson Gardens of Greene County, located at 201 E. Lincoln Way, Jefferson. The event will be held inside the Welcome Center. The public is invited to attend to find out about upcoming events, news, and learn about Thomas Jefferson Gardens. Java &…
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Soil moisture conditions improving, crops catching up
A few days of light rainfall resulted in 4.8 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending June 5, 2022, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Fieldwork activities included replanting wet fields, cutting hay, and chemical applications where winds allowed. Topsoil moisture conditions statewide rated 2 percent very short, 12 percent short, 78 percent adequate and 8 percent surplus.…
Read MoreFarmers market to open season June 14 in new location
The Greene County farmers market will open its 22nd season Tuesday, June 14, in a new location this year. The market will be set up next to Thomas Jefferson Gardens of Greene County (TJG), 201 E. Lincoln Way, on Chestnut Street south of Lincoln Way. The TJG board will serve as hosts for the weekly event and Jean Walker will…
Read More‘Iowa’s priceless ambassador’ honored with 2022 Bell Tower of Fame award
Chuck Offenburger of rural Cooper has probably interviewed more Iowans from more far-flung corners of the state than anyone else in Iowa’s history. That alone could have earned him the 2022 Tower of Fame Award. But as they say, there’s more. Much more. The Bell Tower of Fame Award honors those who have lived in Greene County and through their…
Read MoreNew Lincoln Highway exhibit will debut in Jefferson during Bell Tower Festival
An audiovisual exhibition telling the story of the national Lincoln Highway premiers at the Bell Tower Festival in Jefferson this year. Promise Road: How the Lincoln Highway Changed America opens June 9 at the Greene County Historical Society Museum and will remain through June 26. “Many of us have driven the Lincoln Highway but haven’t realized its significance for the unfolding of…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending June 3
In Greene County district court Peggy Sue Fulton, 60, of Ames was granted a deferred judgment after she pleaded guilty midway through a bench trial to a charge of assault. The charge was amended from wanton neglect of a health care facility resident. Fulton was placed on probation for one year to Boone/Greene County Probation and she must pay a…
Read MoreCourthouse HVAC project doubles in cost, back on hold
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The cost of the decades-overdue update of the HVAC system at the courthouse has more than doubled since the county supervisors agreed by consensus in 2018 to move ahead with the project. No action was taken in 2018, but American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, the Covid-19 pandemic’s silver lining, made the project finally look…
Read MorePrimary Election Day is Tuesday
Primary Election Day in Iowa is Tuesday, June 7. Voters in the primary must designate either Republican or Democrat as their party and will cast a ballot for only that party’s candidates. There is only one local race on the Greene County ballot. Dan Benitz, Cassie George and James Hedges are on the Republican ballot for county supervisor for District…
Read MoreTax sale slated for June 20
County treasurer Katlynn Mechaelsen will hold the annual tax sale Monday, June 20, at 9 am at the Jefferson Community Golf Course. All taxes that remain unpaid at that time will be offered for sale. The individual bidder, under the provisions of Iowa Code 446, must bid for the total amount of general and special tax. After the sale, if…
Read MorePrimary candidates for county supervisor respond to questions
Editor’s note: The following is graciously shared with GCNO readers by The Scranton Journal To provide more information about the three Republican candidates for the Greene County board of supervisors in District 3, The Scranton Journal asked the candidates to respond to a questionnaire. Here are the questions and their responses. Name, age, address: Daniel Benitz, 1706 Westwood Drive, Jefferson…
Read MoreExperience Jefferson website launched
A new website – Experience Jefferson (www.experiencejeffersoniowa.com) – has been launched by Jefferson Matters: A Main Street & Chamber Community. The Experience Jefferson website was developed through a Rural Return grant awarded by the Iowa Economic Development Authority in February. The Rural Return grant, part of Governor Kim Reynolds’ Empower Rural Iowa Initiative, seeks to support creative programming that attracts…
Read MoreSen Ernst hears about Diversity Project on 99 County Tour
Senator Joni Ernst visited Jefferson Tuesday as part of her 99-County Tour and was briefed on Nueva Vida en Greene County, the Diversity Project. Her appearance was not open to the public, but was held in an upstairs conference room at Home State Bank. Carlos Arguello, paid consultant for the Diversity Project, attended remotely. Also present to tell Ernst about…
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