The Greene County Schools board again spent longer than an hour in closed session discussing the expulsion of a student who is charged in district court with having a gun and ammunition in his car in the student parking lot at Greene County High School. The board decided a week ago to expel the student for all of the 2022-23…
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Supes get info on Horan pioneer cemetery
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County board of supervisors at the June 20 regular meeting heard from Dawn Thielen, clerk for Kendrick Township, reporting on a land survey completed on the Horan Cemetery there. The Horan Cemetery is a pioneer cemetery recently the subject of concern over possible farming within its boundaries. Thielen told the board the land…
Read MoreCorn, soybeans in good condition across state
Most of the state saw little rainfall and above average temperatures resulting in 5.2 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending June 19, 2022, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Fieldwork activities included cutting hay and spraying corn and soybeans. Topsoil moisture condition statewide rated 3 percent very short, 17 percent short, 74 percent adequate and 6…
Read MoreRecount does not change supervisor District 3 primary results
There were no substantial changes in the recount of the Republican ballots cast for Greene County Supervisor District Three. The work was completed on Friday morning. Candidate James Hedges submitted a request for a recount following the primary election in which he was unofficially defeated by Dan Benitz by six votes. The recount board consisted of Hedges’ designee of Bill…
Read MoreAusbergers to speak about Lincoln Highway at Sunday program
Bob and Joyce Ausberger, of Jefferson, longtime members and advocates for the Lincoln Highway Association, will present a program “Traveling the Lincoln Highway” in a special program of the Greene County Historical Society on Sunday, June 26. The program will be at 2 pm at the historical museum in Jefferson. Admission and refreshments will be free. The historic coast-to-coast highway,…
Read MoreFood and Music Night at T. Jefferson Gardens July 2
Thomas Jefferson Gardens of Greene County will rock out with music from ‘60s and ‘70s on Saturday, July 2. The public is invited to an entertaining evening which starts with food trucks serving at 5 pm parked right outside the gardens at 201 E. Lincoln Way in Jefferson. Although there will be some chairs provided, attendees may want to bring…
Read MoreGrCo board may reconsider student expulsion
The Greene County Schools board of education has scheduled a special meeting Thursday, June 23, at 7:30 am. The only agenda items is reconsideration of student expulsion and a closed session. Listed after the closed session is “possible action.”
Read MoreGrCo school board wraps up one school year, prepares for the next
Board votes to expel student who brought gun to school The June 15 Greene County Schools board meeting was the last board meeting for a pair of administrators with a total of 34 years of service to the district. Retiring elementary principal Scott Johnson was in the district for 19 years. “I’d like to thank everybody. It’s been a great…
Read MorePublic info session about Grand Junction solar project slated
Grand Junction Solar, LLC (“Grand Junction Solar”), a subsidiary of National Grid Renewables proposes to construct an up to 100 MW utility scale solar project and associated up to 50 MW battery energy storage system in Greene County, Iowa (the “Project”). The Project will generate clean, low-cost solar energy and generate a new source of tax revenue for families and…
Read MoreIWD video features Greene County Early Learning Center
A video posted in the Iowa Workforce Development June newsletter, Workforce Wire, highlights the Greene County Early Learning Center’s new facility. Funding for the $2.1 million project included a $75,000 Child Care Challenge grant from Future Ready Iowa economic development funding, and $394,941 from the Iowa Department of Human Services’ Investing in Iowa’s Childcare fund. Grow Greene County provided $500,000…
Read MorePFI Legacy Award to Henning
Will be presented at June 24 field day/dinner Chris Henning of rural Cooper will receive Practical Farmers of Iowa’s Farmland Owner Legacy Award at a farm field day and dinner Friday, June 24, at her farm, 1931 Q Ave, south of Jefferson. The Farmland Owner Legacy Award is presented annually by PFI to a landowner who uses their land to…
Read MoreJefferson yard waste pick up next week
Jefferson city crews will pick up residential yard waste June 20-22 on neighborhoods’ regular trash pick up day. Yard waste should be in biodegradable bags. Each bag must have a city-issued yard waste sticker on it. Stickers can be purchased at city hall for $1 each.
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