The Friends of Greene County IA Parks plans to inaugurate an annual archery target-shooting competition. The Friends group formed as a non-profit 501(c)3 organization within the past year with a goal of supporting the county parks. Friends board member Cheryl Robson at the April 7 county supervisors meeting requested $4,000 of the total project cost of $7,700 to purchase 3-dimensional…
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Greene County Community Foundation awards grants for 2025
The Greene County Community Foundation awarded more than $250,000 in grants at an awards program Sunday, April 6, in Jefferson. Grow Greene County provided $175,000 to the Community Foundation for grantmaking. Grow Greene County awards grants greater than $35,000. Those awards were announced earlier this month. Requests for grants of $35,000 or less are made to the Community Foundation. Grants…
Read MoreUrban forestry award to Peterson
Jefferson city administrator Scott Peterson received the Outstanding Civic Leader in Urban Forestry award from the Iowa Urban Tree Council during the 34th annual Urban Forestry awards ceremony April 3 at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny. Peterson, a city administrator for more than 20 years, worked in Glidden and Lake View before accepting his current role in Jefferson in…
Read MoreFirst crop report of the 2025 growing season
Much of Iowa experienced cooler than normal temperatures and much needed rain showers leaving Iowa farmers with 3.3 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending April 6, 2025, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Minimal fieldwork was done during the week, but some producers were able to plant oats, apply anhydrous, and dry fertilizer. Topsoil moisture condition…
Read MoreGreat American Main Street Award to Jefferson Matters
Jefferson Matters was named Monday as one of three Great American Main Street Award (GAMSA) recipients at the Main Street Now Conference in Philadelphia, PA. The award is Main Street America’s top award recognizing communities for excellence in exemplary preservation-based commercial district revitalization. The 2025 GAMSA honors are sponsored by The Hartford. Other GAMSA winners are Denison Main Street of…
Read MoreGrow Greene County Gaming Corp awards nearly $2 million at 10th annual Awards Night
Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation, the local nonprofit corporation that holds the state gaming license in Greene County, distributed $1,958,000 to organizations at its 10th annual Awards Night, conducted in person April 1 at Wild Rose Jefferson. According to the Grow Greene County board, it is the highlight of their year to hand out awards to the neighboring counties’ community…
Read MoreSupervisors approve 5-year roads plan
COG, Berry donate to RRVT maintenance The deck on the new Grimmell Rd bridge across the Raccoon River in Jefferson may be poured yet this week, county engineer Wade Weiss told the county supervisors at their March 31 meeting. Other work will take another couple of weeks, he said. Bridge replacement is ongoing across the county. The secondary roads 5-year…
Read MoreExtension tells summer youth programming
Registration is now open for a variety of educational and fun programs for students this summer.
Read MoreGreene County CSD teachers, board approve new contract with $2K-plus raises for all teachers
Greene County Community Schools teachers will all receive a salary increase of at least $2,000 for the 2025-26 school year. The Greene County Schools board ratified a negotiated agreement with the Greene County Education Association at a special meeting March 26. The salary increases for 33 of the district’s teachers are required by state law. Teachers who are currently at…
Read MoreJeff council okays feasibility study of golf course land use
The Jefferson city council at its March 25 regular meeting approved paying $5,000 toward a $46,700 study of the feasibility of using the property on which the municipal golf course parking and clubhouse for a “higher end” housing development. The study will look at the city taking ownership or leasing the Greenewood Center and repurposing the lower level to use…
Read MoreSloan Septic source of sewage in stormwater ditch at Daubendiek Park
The source of the dark and murky water in a stormwater drainage ditch near the North Raccoon River in Jefferson has been identified. The DNR field office in Atlantic was notified March 26 of dark colored water observed in a stormwater ditch in Daubendiek Park on the southwest corner of Jefferson. The ditch drains into the North Raccoon River. DNR…
Read MoreContamination in Daubendiek Park drainage ditch
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a stormwater drainage ditch containing dark colored water near the North Raccoon River in Jefferson in Greene County. On March 26 at 7:50 pm the DNR Field Office in Atlantic was notified of dark colored water observed in a stormwater ditch in Daubendiek Park on the southwest side of Jefferson. The stormwater…
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