Memberships to the Jefferson Community Golf Course are now available at either Jefferson’s city hall or the Greene County Community Center. The 9-hole course was purchased by the city early in 2013 and has been managed by private operators the past two seasons. The 2015 season will be the first year it will be managed by the city.
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Supervisors fund $5,000 for Scranton Community Center
The Greene County board of supervisors approved $5,000 for work at the Scranton Community Center, although it isn’t clear if it will be during the current fiscal year or FY 2016. The grant will come from the county’s discretionary Dreyfus fund. Some funds tentatively earmarked for the current year have not yet been paid out. If money remains at the…
Read MoreMake and take a fairy garden at Master Gardener program
Greene County Master Gardeners are sponsoring a “make and take” community event. Jean Walker, Master Gardener, will present a hands-on workshop with participants creating their own fairy garden. The workshop is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 12, from 7 to 8:30 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jefferson. Reservations are requested by Friday, Feb. 6 as there are a limited number of…
Read MoreExtension offers free tax prep service
Free tax preparation services will be available in Greene and Guthrie Counties for low and moderate income taxpayers as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program.
Read MoreLift installation in progress at Jeff library
Work has begun replacing the wheelchair lift at the Jefferson public library. The lift is located in the Carnegie library building and provides access to all three levels of the library. During the installation of the new lift, the library’s basement meeting room is unavailable and the area around the lift in the children’s department is partitioned off. The project is estimated…
Read MoreOfficers enforce snow parking ordinance
Jefferson police officers issued 17 citations for snow parking violations over the weekend. The ordinance in effect specifies that no vehicles may be parked on any street from 6 pm to 6 am after one-half inch of snow has fallen until the snow has been removed. The ordinance also specifies streets in the downtown area on which the ban is…
Read MoreSupervisors award themselves a smaller raise than other elected officials
Discuss whether the job is fulltime or part-time It came down to board of supervisors chair John Muir to break a tie vote and award county elected officials 3 percent raises and themselves a 2.5 percent raise effective July 1. On a voice vote at the Jan 26 meeting on a motion to approve those raises, supervisors Guy Richardson and…
Read MoreHistorical Society program postponed
The Greene County Historical Society’s program, “Judges of Greene County” has been postponed due to the winter weather. Watch for a new date in the spring.
Read MoreWild Rose Casino headlines annual Midwest Partnership meeting
The success of securing Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson highlighted the 2014 year of Midwest Partnership Economic Development. The annual meeting of the four-county organization was held Thursday, Jan. 22, at the Lake Panorama Conference Center in Panora. Sarah Gomez, executive director of MWP, reported another prolific year which included the casino construction in Greene County along with the Guthrie…
Read MorePizza and Politics this Saturday in Jefferson
The monthly legislative forum Pizza and Politics will begin this year’s schedule on Saturday, Jan. 31, at noon at the Pizza Ranch in Jefferson. The forum provides chance to meet with and ask questions of our state representative Chip Baltimore and our state senator Jerry Behn. Both legislators will gives an update on the current issues being discussed at the state capitol, and…
Read MoreHistorical Society presents ‘Judges of Greene County’
Sunday program tells stories of local judges ~by Chuck Offenburger, Greene County Historical Society The Greene County Historical Society opens its 2015 calendar of special programs on Sunday, Feb. 1, with a 2 pm presentation on the “Judges of Greene County.” Their stories will be told in a perfect setting – the beautiful courtroom on the third floor of the…
Read MoreBaltimore speaks at school board meeting
Rep Chip Baltimore (R-Boone), who represents Greene County in the Iowa House, spoke with the Greene County board of education at the board’s regular meeting Jan. 21. Although the budget process has just started, Baltimore talked about the legislature’s commitment to education and the challenge of meeting the required deadline for setting school funding levels.
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