Greene County homecoming 2020 didn’t include every activity of a “regular” homecoming, but students decorated trees with toilet paper and selected a king and queen, and the Ram football team scored a fourth-quarter touchdown with a 2-point conversion to claim a 22-19 victory over the Nodaway Valley Wolverines. Zach Goff and Makayla Kafer were crowned king and queen during halftime…
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Covid hits county schools
Greene County school superintendent Tim Christensen announced Wednesday evening that more than one student or staff person has tested positive for Covid-19 at the elementary and middle school. According to a school post on social media, the school district has worked with the Greene County public health department to complete contact tracing. Parents/guardians of students considered to be “exposed” –…
Read MoreCounty poised to purchase building for law enforcement admin center
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County board of supervisors moved another step closer to purchasing a building to renovate as a law enforcement administration center at its Sept. 14 regular meeting. The supervisors held a public hearing concerning the purchase of the Midland Power Cooperative office building and grounds west of the Jefferson Municipal Cemetery. The purchase price…
Read MoreLt Gov tours Jefferson apartment project
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal Developer Adam Sweers of Carroll met with Lt Governor Adam Gregg and Jefferson city officials Sept. 10 to tour the former White House Apartments located at 215 S. Wilson Ave. The use of Workforce Housing Tax Credits were key in funding the remodeling plans. Sweers shared his plans for the vacant and gutted building, remodeling…
Read MoreRams find another team with a cancellation so homecoming game is ‘on’
The Greene County Rams will host the Class A Nodaway Valley Wolverines for the homecoming game this Friday evening at Linduska Field. The Wolverines of Greenfield are 1-3 on the season. They were to have traveled to Ogden to play the Bulldogs and the Rams were to have hosted the Des Moines Christian Lions. The Bulldogs and the Lions are…
Read MoreMedical center trustees and Foundation tell plans for new ‘continuum of care community’
Will include independent living, assisted living, memory care and long term care The boards of Greene County Medical Center and the Greene County Medical Center Foundation announced Monday plans to develop a “continuum of care community”, incorporating Ever Greene Ridge, the current independent living community owned by the foundation, and the current medical center long term care unit into a…
Read MoreCorn, soybean harvests have begun
Most of Iowa had multiple days of much needed rain, which left just 1.4 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Sept. 13, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field activities included harvesting corn for silage, moving old crop grain stocks, and preparing equipment and bins for harvest. Topsoil moisture condition across the state rated 12 percent…
Read MoreGrCo homecoming court told
Greene County High School seniors have selected the 2020 homecoming court. On the court this year are Lily Muir, Makala Kafer, Ashlyn Frederick, Joslyn Monthei, Lizzy Allen, Jaxon Warnke, Blake Kaufman, Zach Goff, Luis Velazco and Sawyer Schiltz. Voting for the king and queen is done by sophomores, juniors and seniors. Homecoming will look a little different this year, like…
Read More9-11 remembered
About two dozen area residents gathered on the covered patio at the Milwaukee Road depot, adjacent to Freedom Rock, to remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001. The event was planned and emceed by Sean Sebourn. Sebourn quoted the impromptu speech President G.W. Bush gave Sept. 14, 2001, using a bullhorn and standing on a burned out firetruck at Ground…
Read MoreSupes handle routine business
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline At their regular meeting on September 8, the Greene County supervisors heard options from county attorney Thomas Laehn for filling the position of county recorder when current recorder Marcia Tasler retires at the end of October. Laehn said the board could fill the position by appointment or call for a special election. Laehn also discussed…
Read MorePublic entities, select nonprofits in Greene County now eligible for FEMA funds
Public assistance for derecho recovery Gov. Reynolds received word Sept. 10 that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has made assistance available to public entities and nonprofits in seven additional counties as well as the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa that were impacted by the Aug. 10 derecho. Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hardin, Iowa, Jackson, and Washington…
Read MoreRiver Farm Recreation sells for $1.35 million
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline River Farm Recreation west of Jefferson, the scene of large gatherings that have drawn intense scrutiny in recent years due to underage drinking, sold at auction Thursday for $1.35 million. Seller Craig Flack called it a “win” and said he felt “vindicated” after the dust of the down-to-the-wire auction settled. A bidding war in the…
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