Annual inspection completed July 21 Greene County sheriff Steve Haupert suggested to the county supervisors that they begin to think about building a new jail as he presented the report from the annual jail inspection on Monday. The 41-year-old jail came through the inspection well, with three recommendations for improvement.
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Boone County jailer hired as JPD officer
Blayne Sunstrum will join the Jefferson police department as a patrol officer. The city council approved his hiring at the July 28 meetings. Sunstrum is an Ogden High School graduate and earned an associate degree in criminal justice. He has worked as a jailer in Boone County for 1-1/2 years and as a reserve officer in Boone County. He will…
Read MoreHot August Night returns Aug. 13
Plans are underway and more than 160 exhibitors have already registered for the 2015 edition of Hot August Night, scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 13, from 5 to 8 pm around the courthouse square in Jefferson. Committee members, Greene County Chamber staff and volunteers invite people of all ages to spend the evening admiring all types of cars, trucks, motorcycles and…
Read MoreGOP candidate Huckabee coming to Jefferson Thursday
GOP presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee will host campaign events across Iowa on Thursday, July, 30. At the conclusion of this trip, Gov. Huckabee will have made stops in 33 of the 99 counties in Iowa this year. Huckabee will hold a “Huckabee Huddle” at 2:30 pm at the Pizza Ranch in Jefferson. Preceding his Jefferson appearance,…
Read MoreSantorum coming to Jefferson Sunday
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania will hold “coffee and conversation town hall meeting Sunday, Aug. 2, at 2:30 pm at Greene Bean Coffee, 202 N. Wilson in Jefferson. The visit is one of 12 visits on a three-day campaign swing through northwest and north central Iowa. The trip includes competing in the Rockwell City celebrity remote control car…
Read MoreArea soybeans, hay ahead of state
A dry start with rain near the end of the week allowed Iowa farmers 5.0 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending July 26, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Activities for the week included cutting hay, aerial fungicide application to corn, and herbicide and insecticide application to soybeans. There were reports of crop stress due to…
Read MoreReminder: Thursday deadline for school board nomination papers
The deadline for filing nomination papers for the September 8 school board election is Thursday, July 30. Jane Heun, Greene County auditor, oversees the election of directors from Greene County and Paton-Churdan Community School Districts. The papers must be signed and returned to the school board secretary of the respective district by July 30.
Read MoreOld Fashioned Threshing Bee this weekend
Pleasant Prairie Farm/Foster Timmons Farms will host the 16th annual Old-Fashioned Threshing Bee this Saturday and Sunday, July 25-26. At the bee, volunteers and steam engine enthusiasts will harvest oats as the job was done until the 1940s. The volunteers will pitch oat bundles into the threshing machine by hand. The thresher separates the grain from the straw and chaff, and then augers…
Read MoreHabitat dedicates home in Jefferson
About 40 family and friends of Megan and Justin Saffell and Heart of Iowa Habitat for Humanity board members and volunteers gathered Sunday to dedicate and bless the Saffells’ home. The home, located at 901 W. Washington St in Jefferson, has undergone extensive repair and renovation as a Habitat project, with the Saffells working alongside volunteers, and materials paid for…
Read MoreHistorical Society features ‘Judges of Greene County’
~by Chuck Offenburger, Greene County Historical Society Snow and ice back in early February forced postponement of a much-anticipated special program, “Judges of Greene County,” that the local Historical Society had planned. It has taken until now to get it rescheduled, for Sunday, Aug. 2, at 2 pm in what should be an ideal setting – the stately courtroom on…
Read MoreRams win first tournament game, play Benton Community on Thursday
The Greene County Ram softball team won its state softball tournament quarterfinal game against the Crestwood (Cresco) Cadets 5-0 Tuesday. For a recap of the game, visit the Sports tab. The Rams will play the Benton Community Bobcats Thursday at 1 pm on the BVU Field at Harlan Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge.
Read MoreLincoln Highway Buy-Way sale Aug. 13-15
The Lincoln Highway Association in Greene County will participate in the annual Lincoln Highway Buy-Way yard and garage sale on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 13, 14 and 15. Individuals, groups and organizations are encouraged to set up a yard sale or garage sale anywhere along the Lincoln Highway in Scranton, Jefferson and Grand Junction and all points in between…
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