The Grand Junction city council meeting is postponed from Feb. 8 to Monday, Feb. 15, at 7 pm. The IHSMA jazz contest scheduled for Feb. 8 at Greene County HS has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 17, starting at 3:30 pm. The Paton-Churdan girls basketball team will play CAM at Churdan Tuesday at 5 pm. The JV and varsity boys…
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Another BRR in the books
An estimated 1,000 bicycle riders circled through Rippey Saturday as part of the 39th annual Bike Ride to Rippey – BRR – hosted by the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce. Temperatures were in the upper 20s with a cold, damp fog as the ride started. The roads, Dallas County and Greene County paved roads, were clear of snow but the shoulders…
Read MoreNo pay raises for county supervisors next year
Two percent for other elected officials The Greene County supervisors after much deliberation decided by a split vote to award 2 percent raises to other county elected officials but no raise to themselves. The supervisors at their Feb. 1 meeting took up the recommendation of the compensation board. That board had recommended raises of 2.5 percent for all elected officials,…
Read MoreGrand Junction Community Center opens with festive event
About 200 Grand Junction and area residents gathered Saturday evening to cut a ceremonial ribbon and celebrate completion of Grand Junction’s new $1.2 million community center. As people saw the completed project, “awesome” and “amazing” were the most frequently heard words. Watch a tour filmed by Pat Boberg at the open house. Community center committee chair Diane Wise served as…
Read MoreWinter Storm Kayla smacks Greene County
Greene County is digging out Wednesday from Winter Storm Kayla, a huge storm that hit most off the Midwest. For many Greene County residents, the battle is on two fronts – gravel roads that are impassable and power outages. The storm, which volunteer weather observer John Beltz reports dropped 6.5 inches of heavy snow, started Monday night. An intermission Tuesday…
Read MoreMore hogs coming to the county
Iowa Select Farms heard the Greene county supervisors’ request to provide a closure plan for a proposed CAFO expansion and answered “no.” The supervisors at their Jan. 28 meeting approved a letter to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources recommending that the building permit to expand Hawker Farms IV’s Churdan Finisher Farm site be granted, but with a notation in…
Read MoreMidwest Partnership celebrates successful year of economic development
~by The Scranton Journal Midwest Partnership, the four-county economic development corporation, highlighted continued success in recruiting and retaining businesses in Greene, Guthrie, Audubon and Adair Counties at their annual meeting held at the Lake Panorama Conference Center on Thursday evening, Jan. 28.
Read MoreMain Street gathers shopping flash mob
Main Street’s promotion committee is leading a new promotion called a cash mob in February. The committee has named it “Who Loves Ya, Baby?” On Saturday, Feb. 13, at 10:30 am people in the community will meet at the Main Street Office at 110 W. Lincoln Way in Jefferson to draw out of a hat the name of one Main…
Read MoreGreene County included in questionable campaign tactic
Edited Tuesday at 5:45 pm At least one Greene County precinct in the Republican caucus was hit with what Dr Ben Carson’s campaign has identified as a “dirty trick” attributed to the campaign of Sen Ted Cruz. The Carson campaign alleges that the Cruz campaign sent messages were sent via Twitter and email immediately before the start of the caucuses saying that…
Read MoreTrump tops Cruz by two votes in Greene County
With all seven precincts reporting results in the GOP caucuses, Greene County Republicans favored Donald Trump by just two votes, 164 to 162. GOP caucuses a straw poll of presidential preference; the vote is not binding on delegates to the county convention. Per the caucus rules, participants were allowed to speak on behalf of a candidate, with each candidate limited to…
Read MoreLocal Democrats pick Clinton
~by Denise O’Brien Van, special to GreeneCountyNewsOnline More than 200 Democrats from Jefferson’s three precincts showed up Monday evening at Greene County High School to help begin the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The majority of Democrats in all three precincts went for Hillary Clinton. Bernie Sanders made a good showing. Martin O’Malley didn’t get one delegate to the Democrats’ county…
Read MoreCounty crews ready for storm
Greene County engineer Wade Weiss assured the county supervisors Monday morning that the secondary roads department is ready for whatever Winter Storm Kayla brings. All department employees are available for work except one, and someone is on call to cover that position. The crew has the oversized snow blower ready for use, although it hasn’t been needed in five years.
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