New wayfinding signs will be in place before RAGBRAI® comes to Jefferson July 23, city administrator Mike Palmer told the county supervisors in his quarterly update Monday. The signs will be on break-away posts set in a 2’ X 5’ caisson. Prison Industries is working on the signs now. Signs have been taken down from the former Pizza Ranch building…
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City invited to discussions about ambulance service
After Jefferson city administrator Mike Palmer gave his quarterly update of city activities to the Greene County board of supervisors Monday, board chair John Muir broached the subject of city participation in assuring ambulance service is available to city and county residents.
Read MoreDelinquent tax sale slated for Monday
County treasurer Donna Lawson and her staff will hold the annual county tax sale Monday, June 18, at 9 am in the board room at the courthouse. This year’s tax sale will take place without the worry of the 2017 sale. As of late Tuesday, there were 114 parcels listed on the sale with a total of just more than…
Read MoreCorn, soybeans doing well
While hot and dry conditions allowed many farmers to get caught up on fieldwork, others could do nothing but watch it rain during the week ending June 10, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were 5.1 days suitable for fieldwork. Activities for the week included hay harvest, wrapping up planting for the year and post-emergent weed…
Read MorePlan ahead – driver’s license station closed next week
The driver’s license station at the Greene County treasurer’s office will be closed the week of June 18-22. It will re-open Monday, June 25. The treasurer’s office will be open for all other functions. Also, the treasurer’s office will close at 4 pm on Friday, June 29, for the annual cash count at the end of the fiscal year.
Read More38th annual Bell Tower Festival under way
The 38th annual Bell Tower Festival opened Friday evening in Jefferson, with Terry Rich, 1970 Jefferson High School graduate and now president and CEO of the Iowa Lottery, receiving the Bell Tower of Fame Award. The festival’s opening ceremony began with Wendy Vander Linden playing the National Anthem on the Mahanay Memorial Carillon. Greene County Chamber and Tourism president…
Read MoreSupervisors nix ‘Beer Fest Across Greene County’
RAGBRAI® riders will find no roadside “watering holes” in Greene County. The county supervisors on Monday denied a temporary class B permit for Backpocket Brewing. The company wanted to open a beer tent July 23 on Highway 25 five miles south of Scranton. The supervisors’ reasoning involved public safety. “You’ve got free enterprise, but you also have to look out…
Read MoreImpact Award to Chuck and Carla Offenburger
Chuck and Carla Offenburger were presented with the Greene County Impact Award Sunday at a ceremony in the courthouse rotunda. About 30 friends and relatives attended the afternoon event. Jerry Roberts served as emcee. The Offenburgers have lived in Greene County 14 years; they’re the ninth recipient of the award. “We’re so blessed to have so many people who…
Read MorePortions of bike trail closed next week
Repair work will begin the week of June 11 on the Raccoon River Valley Trail on two bridge approaches. One is two miles north of Cooper and the other is one mile north of Herndon. While this repair takes place, the Raccoon River Valley Trail will be closed from 267th to 290th St in Greene County and 100th to 110th…
Read MoreCrop development on target despite late start
Warm weather with variable precipitation helped crop development across the State during the week ending June 3, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were 5.0 days suitable for fieldwork. Activities for the week included cutting and baling hay, planting and spraying.
Read MoreThompson, Weaver to face off for IA House
In most races, Greene County voters vote like rest of Iowa In the only “local” primary race, Phil Thompson, a 2009 Jefferson-Scranton graduate, has won the Republican nomination for the Iowa House District 47 seat. Unofficial results show Thompson with 589 votes, Donald Batt of Boone with 380 votes, and Victoria Sinclair of Boone with 259 votes.
Read More2018 Bell Tower of Fame Award to an ‘idea dude’
This year’s Bell Tower of Fame recipient is fondly called an “idea dude” as a result of his professional career that has spanned the state and nation. Terry Rich is an entrepreneur, author, zoo and lottery dude. Rich, a 1970 graduate of Jefferson High School (now Greene County High School), was born and raised on a farm in Franklin Township…
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