Ballots must be received at auditor’s office by June 7 Eligible electors of Greene County can request an absentee ballot from the Greene County auditor’s office for the June 7 primary election March 29 through Monday, May, 23, at 5 pm. Regardless of the date the request for an absentee ballot is received at the auditor’s office, the ballots cannot…
Read MoreCategory: News
Drive-thru Toddler Fest coming to Greene County
Greene County libraries will present a re-imagined Toddler Fest after a two-year pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Toddler Fest is returning as “Toddle Through Your Library.” Each of the six libraries in the county will host a time families of children age 2-5 can drive through the library’s parking lot and pick up an activity bag. Each child will…
Read MoreMost of Kendrick Township pioneer cemetery now being farmed
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline “It’s a criminal act to destroy a pioneer cemetery,” supervisor Dawn Rudolph told the Greene County board of supervisors at their meeting March 28. “I support the cemetery.” Rudolph reported “discarded stones and bones” in the Kendrick Township pioneer cemetery called the Horan Cemetery, located north of the Raccoon River Bible Conference camp. She said…
Read MoreVander Wilt named Main Street: Chamber director
Jefferson Matters: A Main Street & Chamber Community announced March 28 that interim director Beth Vander Wilt has been hired as the director. Vander Wilt has lived in Jefferson for 36 years and taught high school Spanish until her retirement in 2018. In the summer of 2018, she worked as a tour guide at Thomas Jefferson Gardens. In 2019, Vander…
Read MoreTree walk, pruning demonstration April 6 at Daubendiek park
How many of us take time to look at the trees around us? Two local experts will lead a walk focused on trees at Daubendiek park. Trees Forever’s Brad Riphagen will join Greene County conservation director Tanner Sheuermann Wednesday, April 6, at 2 pm for an educational tree walk and pruning demonstration. This free walk at Daubendiek Park is a…
Read MoreRotary sets date for centennial celebration
The Rotary Club of Jefferson will celebrate 100 years of “Service Above Self” and positive impact on the community Sunday, May 15, from 2 to 4 pm at the Rotary Room at Jefferson Community Golf Course. The public is cordially invited to attend. A program at 3 pm will highlight some of the projects and organizations that have shared in…
Read MoreReunion Rendezvous returns to Bell Tower Festival
The Greene County School Foundation will host an event to welcome class reunions to the Bell Tower Festival this year. Foundation board member Karen Lawton is chairing the Reunion Rendezvous event along with Peg Raney and Annie Ostendorf. Classes planning a reunion are asked to contact Annie Ostendorf at 515-370-1397 or ostee@netins.net or Beth Vander Wilt at 515-386-2155 or info@jeffersonmatters.org…
Read MoreJefferson post office topic at Historical Society meeting April 1
~by Chuck Offenburger for the Greene County Historical Society When the Greene County Historical Society meets Friday, April 1, Denise O’Brien Van of Jefferson will share the intriguing, 85-year history of the U.S. post office in Jefferson. O’Brien Van is a Jefferson native who had a career in journalism in Des Moines and Chicago before she and husband Jack Lewis,…
Read MoreBallot set for June 7 primary election
There will be only one local race in on the Greene County portion of the June 7 primary election. Dan Benitz, Cassie George and James Hedges will be on the Republican ballot for county supervisor for District 3. The winner in the primary will run against Democrat Mike Holden in the Nov. 8 general election. Incumbent Tom Contner, a Republican,…
Read MorePublic input meeting slated for possible indoor pool
The Jefferson park and recreation board will host a public meeting Wednesday, March 30, to gather input on the potential for adding an indoor swimming pool to the Greene County Community Center. According to park and recreation director Denny Hammen, the receipt of an $845,000 bequest from the Rory Autenreith Trust for improvements to Greene County Community Center prompted discussion…
Read MoreGrCo school board selects finalists for superintendent position
The Greene County Community School board of education met in closed session Wednesday evening and selected two finalists for the superintendent vacancy. Candidates are –Brett Abbotts, who is currently an elementary principal in the Council Bluffs Community School District. Previously, he was an assistant principal/activities director at AHSTW (Avoca) and a teacher in the Southeast Polk Community School in Altoona. …
Read MoreABC Award to Sid Jones
Sid Jones, retiring president of Home State Bank, was honored with the 2021 Above and Beyond the Call (ABC) Award at a Community Recognition Night hosted by Jefferson Matters: A Main Street and Chamber Community Tuesday evening in the Greene County High School auditorium. The award was presented by 2020 ABC Award recipient Harry Ahrenholtz. He said the one word…
Read More