Greene County Medical Center is seeking community members to sew handmade isolation gowns to use as personal protective equipment (PPE). The Iowa Department of Public Health on April 9 issued a PPE shortage order. The medical center is doing all that is necessary to preserve the PPE on hand. Any additional PPE that can be donated is of great value…
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GrCo school board okays two contracts for work at current HS
Will meet again April 29 to discuss end of the school year, start of next The small bit of good news in school buildings being closed for the rest of the school year is that it makes the job of repurposing the current Greene County high school as a middle school easier. Superintendent Tim Christensen and OPN Architects spent considerable…
Read MoreClassroom time is finished for this school year
Students won’t return to their familiar classrooms this school year, but they and their teachers will continue exploring what Iowa Department of Education director Ann Lebo has called “a new learning landscape.” Gov Kim Reynolds announced at her daily press briefing Friday that Iowa school buildings will not reopen this school year. School districts are required to provide continuous learning…
Read MoreJeff council delays discussion of community cats
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Jefferson city council met in regular session on April 14 through videoconferencing with Zoom. Mayor Matt Gordon chaired the meeting in person at the city hall council chambers while council members, the public, and media attended through Zoom and by telephone. The meeting agenda listed an update from “the cat committee,” referring to the…
Read MoreCommunity Foundation awards $145,000 to projects around the county
The Greene County Community Foundation board canceled its 15th annual Awards Night, slated for April 6, due to the COVID-19 mitigation ban on group gatherings. Rather than postponing the event, the board mailed checks to recipients so the many worthy projects can be started without a delay of funding. A total of 21 local projects received $145,085 from the Foundation,…
Read MoreImpact Award suspended for 2020
The Impact Award board of directors has suspended this year’s Impact Award due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying uncertainty in the next few months. The reasons are several: libraries, where nomination papers are located, have been shuttered; people are encouraged to remain in their homes; the size of gatherings has been limited; and the time “normalcy” will return…
Read MoreSupervisors hear about the census, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and more
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County board of supervisors met on April 13 at the courthouse which continues to be closed to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As in past weeks, the audio of the meeting was electronically available to the public and media through zoom.us. Kelly Campbell, senior lead partnership specialist for the 2020 census,…
Read MorePlanning has been going on for years
First time county has activated long-standing Emergency Operations Center How’s your memory? How many inches of snow did Greene County get during the winter storms of 1973? What year did Jefferson get hit with derecho winds that ended up with the city receiving a Governor’s Declaration of Disaster? During Tom Heater’s tenure as sheriff, what year did we have a…
Read MoreIowa sees huge swing in temps, less rain than normal
Fields began to dry for most of Iowa early in the week ending April 12, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. However, northwest Iowa saw accumulating snow on Sunday, April 12, with rain falling over much of the rest of the state. Statewide there were 4.1 days suitable for fieldwork during the week. Field activities for the week…
Read MoreHappy Easter (and wear a mask)
Public health recommends spending Easter at home
Easter and spring holidays are a traditional time of family gatherings, celebrations and observances. Like many other events and activities, Greene County public health advises residents that these observances should be different this year. ”We know many families gather together over Easter and Passover,” said Greene County public health director Becky Wolf. “But, like school, shopping, and most other activities,…
Read MoreMedical center responds to county’s first COVID-19 case
Earlier this week Greene County public health announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Greene County. Staff at Greene County Medical Center is aware of the case and is monitoring the information received from public health that the individual is self-isolating at home.
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