The Deal family and the expanded autumn staff at Deal’s Orchard aren’t the only ones preparing for Deal’s annual Fall Festival this weekend. With an estimated 10,000 visitors traveling on K Ave to and from the orchard, the county secondary roads department used it as a test of a new technique in controlling dust on high traffic gravel roads. The…
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Bridging the ‘workforce gap’ subject of summit in Jefferson
More than 200 employers, educators, workforce and economic development professionals, government officials and students are expected in Jefferson Thursday, Oct. 13, for the Employer Educator Summit hosted by IowaWORKS – Western Iowa and Western Iowa Advantage. According to Workforce Development statistics, 50 percent of Iowa’s jobs require workers with middle skills, but only 33 percent of the workforce as that…
Read MoreIowa has driest week in seven months
Warmer and drier weather allowed Iowa farmers 5.4 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Oct. 2, according the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. While harvest was starting to gain momentum there were many reports of muddy conditions and standing water in some fields. Fieldwork activities for the week included cutting hay, harvesting corn and soybeans, and fall tillage.
Read MoreHealthiest State Walk is Wednesday
Greene County residents are invited to join Iowa’s 6th “Healthiest State Walk” Wednesday, Oct. 5, at noon. Greene County residents have participated in all five previous walks and the tradition continues. Local walkers are asked to meet at the Greene County Community Center parking lot shortly before noon. The walk will go up to and around the square and end…
Read MoreBlue Shirt Day brings awareness to bullying issues
Blue will be the color of the day this Monday, Oct. 3. All over the world people are encouraged by STOMP Out Bullying™ to wear blue the first Monday of October as Blue Shirt Day® World Day of Bullying Prevention™. In some places, the observance goes beyond clothing. In New York City the Empire State Building will be lit blue…
Read MoreClosing Intermediate School still on the table
The Greene County Schools board of education wasted little time in making it clear that closing the Intermediate School in Grand Junction is still being considered. Voters in the former East Greene district earlier this month voted overwhelmingly against a proposed $19.4 bond issue that would have cleared the way to create a campus for students in grades 5-12 in…
Read MoreTrash, recycling pick-up fees going up
At a regular meeting that lasted fewer than 10 minutes Tuesday the Jefferson city council took the first step in raising the fee for picking up trash and recycling items by 5 percent. The council approved the first reading of the necessary ordinance.
Read MoreCounty supes discuss hogs and wind turbines
The Greene County supervisors have supported working within the framework of the master matrix when considering concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. They were consistent in that at their Sept. 26 meeting when they denied a pair of requests to allow CAFO owners to skip a 14-day appeal period before beginning construction.
Read MoreFirst half real estate taxes due this Friday
Greene County treasurer Donna Lawson reminds taxpayers that the first half of real estate taxes are due on Friday, Sept. 30. The taxes must be paid in person in her office in the courthouse, paid online at www.iowatreasurers.org or postmarked by that date. Lawson stressed that for those who mail their payments, it is important to include the receipt with…
Read MoreHistorical Society to hear Rippey baseball story
Les Zanotti and Dan Peters, two of town’s best players, lead program on Oct. 7 ~by Chuck Offenburger for the Greene County Historical Society It’s almost time for the Major League Baseball playoffs, and the Greene County Historical Society is going to help set the mood with a Friday, Oct. 7, program on one of this area’s best baseball stories –…
Read MoreDems to host ‘meet and greet’ for local candidates
The Greene County Democratic party central committee invites the public to meet Alan Robinson and Todd Madson, Democratic candidates for Greene County supervisor, at an open house Tuesday, Oct. 4, from 5 to 7 pm at Homestead Bakery and Coffee, 121 E. Lincoln Way, Jefferson.
Read MoreFundraiser for Richardson slated
The Bipartisans for Guy Richardson committee is hosting “Pie for Guy” Sunday, Oct. 2, at Chuck and Carla Offenburger’s Simple Serenity Farm. Richardson is seeking re-election to the Greene County board of supervisors. He has served four terms on the board.
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