County employees will have an option to “see” a doctor over their smartphone, computer, tablet or telephone after Jan. 1. The supervisors on Monday approved adding Teledoc’s “Healthiest You” program as a health benefit. The cost to the county is $14 per month per employee, for a total annual cost of about $11,760 for the 70 participants in the plan.
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Line-up, schedule told for Nativity Festival
The community is invited to celebrate the Christmas story and to support Habitat for Humanity in its ongoing efforts to repair and replace sub-standard housing across Greene County at the annual Nativity Festival Sunday, Dec. 10, at the First United Methodist Center to this event is the display of all types of nativity sets offered by local collectors for public…
Read More‘Christmas in Scranton’ Thursday
Business open houses, fundraising supper The annual Christmas in Scranton celebration is Thursday, Dec. 8. Many businesses have scheduled their holiday open houses in conjunction with the event. Area residents are invited to visit the local firms as they greet their customers and friends to extend best wishes for the holiday season.
Read MoreAnnual tree lighting is Dec. 7 in Jefferson
The annual community Christmas tree lighting, hosted by Jefferson Matters: Main Street’s promotion committee, will by Thursday, Dec. 7, at 5:30 pm at the Thomas Jefferson Gardens. The public is invited. Santa will arrive spectacularly to light the Christmas tree outside in the Gardens. Carols will be sung by the roving Jazzatonics choir of Greene County High School.
Read MorePublic hearing next Monday on Minnehan hog CAFOs
Brothers Austin and Jonathan Minnehan live near hog confinement buildings and eventually they’ll be buried near them. Both were present when the county supervisors reviewed a master matrix for two hog confinement buildings they plan to build on F Ave north of County Road E-19 in Section 24 of Cedar Township. The site is not quite a mile from St…
Read MoreSuspects arrested in Sunday shooting incident
Both suspects in the shooting incident in Jefferson Sunday night have been apprehended and arrested. Jefferson officers were assisted by Polk City police officers in apprehending Adam James Stilson, 19, from a residence in Polk City at about 12:30 pm. Jake Allen Cretsinger, 19, was apprehended in Waukee by Waukee police officers at about 1:45 pm.
Read MoreGreene County broaches whole grade sharing at joint meeting with P-C board
Paton-Churdan superintendent Kreg Lensch agreed with Greene County superintendent Tim Christensen that communication has improved between the two districts, but a suggestion that P-C consider whole grade sharing at the high school level received a chilly reception when the two boards met Nov. 29.
Read MoreCompensation board sets meeting
The Greene County Compensation Board will meet Monday, Dec. 11, at 8 am in the boardroom of the Greene County courthouse. The compensation board recommends to the board of supervisors a wage increase (if appropriate) for county elected officials.
Read More‘Connecting Schools and Parks’ plan will be presented this evening
The final “Connecting Schools and Parks” plan will be presented tonight, Thursday, at 5:30 pm at the Greene County Community Center. Iowa State University design student Zoey Mauch has prepared the plan that suggests ways to connect the schools and parks in Jefferson by adding bike lanes to existing streets and creating new multi-use trails. She has held two community…
Read MoreNortheast Greene County likely to sprout more wind turbines
The number of wind turbines in Greene County may more than double in 2018 if another wind project proposed by MidAmerican Energy is approved. County zoning coordinator Chuck Wenthold reported Monday that he has received payment from MidAmerican for conditional use permits for 93 wind turbine sites. The permits cost $150 each. MidAmerican plans to build turbines on 85 sites;…
Read MoreCity health insurance cost up only slightly
Façade restoration project, financial report, committee reports also on agenda Jefferson city clerk Diane Kennedy delivered good news to the city council Tuesday – the renewal rate for the health insurance benefit will increase by only 6 percent for the new year. “We’ll take that. It’s very excellent,” she said. “Six percent is awesome.”
Read MoreCounty health insurance rates up 23 percent
“It’s ugly out there in the health insurance world, just ugly,” the county’s health insurance broker Sandy Scheuermann to the board of supervisors Monday morning. “Ugly” for Greene County translates to an increase of $1.7 million – 23 percent – in the county’s health insurance for the new year. The increase for the current year was 27 percent.
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