The deadline for city council and mayor candidates filing nomination papers with the Greene County auditor’s office is Thursday, Sept. 21, at 5 pm. Every city in Greene County will elect council members and all but Jefferson will vote on their mayors. City elections are non-partisan.
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Historical Society to highlight railroads with Sunday program
First locomotive arrived here July 30, 1866 ~by Chuck Offenburger for the Greene County Historical Society One of the most significant anniversaries in Greene County history passed recently with little formal observation, and the Historical Society plans to make right on that this Sunday with a program on “150 years of railroading” in the county. Mike Wendel, director of the…
Read MoreSafe Trails meeting slated for Oct. 3
The second of three public meetings about developing a trail that connects several parks and schools in Jefferson is slated for Tuesday, Oct. 3, from 3 to 4 pm at the Greene County Community Center.
Read MoreNotice: auditor’s office closed
The Greene County auditor’s office will be closed Wednesday, Sept. 27, for staff training. Passport applications will not be available that day.
Read MoreTemps last week 6-8 degrees warmer than normal
It was mostly dry in Iowa with above normal temperatures for the week ending Sept. 17, according to USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were 6.2 days suitable for fieldwork. With increased heat and little moisture, crops matured rapidly in the past week. Activities for the week included seeding cover crops, spreading manure, harvesting seed corn, chopping corn silage,…
Read MoreNew animal shelter on Jeff council agenda for Sept. 26
The Jefferson city council expects to have a new animal shelter on its Sept. 26 agenda for approval of a two-phase project contract with an architectural firm and operating expenses once the shelter is built.
Read MoreKarber, Wilson, Dennhardt elected to Greene Co school board
Official results, post canvass Sept. 15 P-C voters approve PPEL The vote totals were close in the Greene County school election, with every candidate getting more than 20 percent of the vote, as voters re-elected incumbent Mike Dennhardt along with Dr Steve Karber and Catherine Wilson to four-year terms on the board of education. Karber received 590 votes (27.97 percent),…
Read MorePublic hearings slated for two hog CAFOs
Public hearings will be held Monday, Sept. 18, on two proposed confined animal feeding operations that would add five buildings with capacity for 12,200 hogs to the county. The county supervisors reviewed the master matrices for both construction applications on Sept. 11.
Read MoreFair auction raises $80K for cattle barn
The Greene County Fair Association netted almost $80,000 in the annual dinner and auction held Sept. 5 at Clover Hall. The money will go to the Fair Foundation to build a new cattle barn to replace two decades-old barns.
Read More‘Community celebration’ at Beaver Creek wind farm Saturday
The public is invited to what MidAmerican Energy is calling a “community celebration” Saturday, Sept. 16, at one of the wind turbine sites in the Beaver Creek wind farm. Billed as a “family event,” attendees will learn about wind energy and the construction of the Beaver Creek wind farm, and see construction equipment and components of a turbine. A free…
Read MorePublic health offering community flu vaccine clinics
Greene County Public Health is offering community flu vaccine clinics throughout Greene County in the coming weeks. Flu shots are billable to Medicare, Medicaid, Title 19, Blue Cross Blue Shield and other private insurance. Cost is $35 per injection.
Read MoreBell Tower Square or Courthouse Square?
Is it the Courthouse Square or the Bell Tower Square that occupies the center of Jefferson’s downtown district? That’s a question the county supervisors would like to discuss before the city of Jefferson moves forward with wayfinding signage as suggested by a plan spearheaded by Jefferson Matters: Main St.
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