~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnlline Art as free speech and the use of the courthouse grounds will be the topic of a meeting between members of Jefferson Matters: Main Street’s Tower View Team (TVT) and some county elected officials. County attorney Thomas Laehn offered at the May 20 supervisors’ meeting to facilitate such a discussion. Earlier this month Laehn advised…
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Pleasant Hill Church community coming to life again
‘Memorial Homecoming’ is Sunday in one of county’s most historic spots ~by Chuck Offenburger for the Greene County Historical Society The annual Pleasant Hill Memorial Homecoming service and potluck dinner will be held Sunday, May 26, at the 138-year-old pioneer church located about five miles southeast of Jefferson. The event is presented by the Pleasant Hill Memorial Inc. committee, with…
Read MoreFuture of school admin building/GCELC discussed
GrCo school board okays pay increases, changes name of alt school The Greene County school board and members of the Greene County Early Learning Center board discussed the future of the Early Learning Center at the school board’s regular meeting May 15.
Read MoreCorn planting more than a week behind average year
Iowa farmers worked hard to make planting progress with drier conditions during the early part of the week ending May 19, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. However, heavy rain fell late in the week which limited farmers to 2.7 days suitable for fieldwork statewide.
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Memorial Day and the traditional beginning of summer are quickly approaching. Unfortunately, with the increase in summer traffic we will also see a rise in traffic crashes and fatalities. Last year there were four traffic fatalities on Iowa roadways over the Memorial Day weekend; four deaths that may have been prevented. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),…
Read MoreCareer academy footings may be poured Thursday
The footings for the Greene County Career Academy may be poured yet today, Thursday, said Sam Harding, owner’s representative for the project and a member of the Greene County Schools board. That news was part of a brief report he gave at the regular school board meeting Wednesday.
Read More‘Active’ weather coming
The National Weather Service warns that numerous rounds of thunderstorms are possible through early next week. Severe storms and locally heavy rainfall are possible, with large hail and damaging winds being the primary threat. Storms are predicted to develop mainly after 7 pm and along and north of Highway 30. Hail as large as golf balls may fall in some…
Read MoreSupes hear cost to repair RRVT bridge
Also get briefed on proposed housing in Jefferson ~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County supervisors got information they’ve been waiting for since ice took out a bridge over the Raccoon River on the Raccoon River Valley Trail in March. Conservation director Dan Towers reported at the May 13 supervisors meeting an estimate of $250,000 to repair 70-foot section…
Read MoreJeff council ready to sell $2.4 million in bonds
The Jefferson city council at its regular meeting Tuesday voted unanimously to borrow $2.4 million through a general obligation bond issue. The bonds will be sold at the council’s June 10 meeting so the bond issue can be closed by June 30, the end of the city’s fiscal year. According to Tim Oswald of Piper-Jaffray, the city’s financial advisor, the…
Read MoreFirst Reunion Rendezvous part of Bell Tower Festival
All past and present Scranton, Jefferson, Jefferson-Scranton and Greene County teachers are invited to join the class reunions held during the Bell Tower Festival June 7-8. This year a new event, Reunion Rendezvous, will take place on the north side of the courthouse immediately after the Bell Tower Festival parade. Reunion Rendezvous will be the place for classmates to meet…
Read MoreMedical center hires new administrative officer
Greene County Medical Center has recently hired Heather Paris as chief administrative officer and chief financial officer. Paris has a long history of hospital administration work. She was chief executive officer at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital, a rural affiliate of UnityPoint Health in ae City, from 2014-2016. From 1997 to 2013, she was chief financial/information officer at Monroe County Hospital…
Read MoreCold and rain slowing planting
Fieldwork activities were limited as rain across the state held Iowa farmers to just 1.9 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending May 12, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Iowa farmers remain hopeful for warmer conditions as below normal temperatures continued to slow crop emergence across the state. Topsoil moisture levels across Iowa rated 1 percent…
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