Last day to register to vote is Oct. 23 for the Nov. 7 school, city election Greene County auditor Billie Jo Hoskins and Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate are encouraging Iowans to celebrate National Voter Registration Month in September by registering to vote. National Voter Registration Day is Sept. 19, 2023. The National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS)…
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JSPC 1999 state champion football team featured in documentary Tuesday
“An Underdog Story”, a documentary about the JSPC Hall of Fame season of 1999, will be shown on the big screen Tuesday, Sept. 5, at the Sierra Community Theatre. Doors will open at 6:30 pm with the documentary starting at 7. The special showing is part of WHO-TV’s RVTV with Murph and Andy on the courthouse square that evening. WHO-TV…
Read MoreManure clean-up underway in unnamed Franklin Township stream
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has identified the source of the manure release in an unnamed tributary of the North Raccoon River to the Crosman Land and Livestock confinement facility, located north of the town of Cooper. First reported to the DNR on Aug. 21, an unknown amount of manure from the confinement’s earthen manure storage basin was found…
Read MoreSupervisors okay jail bond election, hold off on changing policy for lighting the bell tower
Greene County voters will be asked Nov. 7 to approve a $10 million general obligation bond issue for the purpose of constructing a new jail. The board of supervisors passed the necessary resolution at its regular meeting Aug. 28. According to the resolution, the bond issue is for the purpose of “designing, constructing, equipping, furnishing and making land site improvements.”…
Read MoreNominating period open for Nov. 7 city/school election
Now is the time to file nomination papers to place names on the Nov. 7 ballot. This year officials will be elected to serve on city councils and school boards. The filing period began on Monday, Aug. 28, and runs through Thursday, Sept. 21, at 5 pm. Candidates in the cities of Churdan, Dana, Grand Junction, Jefferson, Paton, Rippey and…
Read MoreGCDC sets meetings seeking funding for multicultural center
The Greene County Development Corporation (GCDC) has set dates of Monday, Sept. 18, and Tuesday, Sept. 19, for meetings with leaders of the county’s industries, businesses, organizations and individuals, too, seeking financial commitments for three years of operations of the new Multicultural Family Resource Center. The Sept. 18 meeting is in-person and will be held at 5:30 pm in room…
Read MorePACT Act deadline Sept. 30 for veterans who deployed to combat zones
Veterans who deployed to a combat zone, never enrolled in VA health care, and left active duty between Sept. 11, 2001 and Oct. 1, 2013 are eligible to enroll directly in VA health care until Sept. 30, 2023, at 11:59 pm. This special enrollment period gives veterans who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other combat zones an opportunity to enroll directly…
Read MoreHeat wave stressed crops, livestock
Hot and humid weather with well below normal precipitation throughout Iowa gave farmers 6.5 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Aug. 27, 2023, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field activities included cutting and baling hay as well as harvesting oats. Persistent dry weather has put continued stress on crops, especially soybeans with multiple reports of…
Read MoreGrow Greene County donation supports purchase of imaging equipment at medical center
Grow Greene County awarded over $1.8 million in grants in April, including $81,500 to the Greene County Medical Center Foundation for the purchase of a new C-arm imaging machine. Last week, representatives from the Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation board of directors joined Medical Center leadership for a preview of this valuable new piece of radiology equipment. Imaging director Jennifer…
Read MoreDNR identifies manure spill in Franklin Township
The Iowa Department of Natural Resource has identified hog manure as the black liquid in an unnamed tributary approximately 1-1/5 miles from the North Raccoon River in Franklin Township. Although the manure is no longer actively flowing, an unknown amount of manure continues to be pooled in numerous areas in the tributary and in Drainage District 37B. The public is…
Read MorePaxton reports GCDC is ‘on a pretty good roll’
Greene County Development Corporation director Ken Paxton had plenty of good news to share when he provided his quarterly update to the Jefferson city council Aug. 22. “We’ve had some pretty good news lately. We’ve been on a pretty good roll,” Paxton said. “Not just GCDC, but the city and the county – a lot of things have been going…
Read MoreJeff council OKs another change order on wastewater treatment plant, nixes charging to use dog park
Also hears of dog deemed to be vicious although mother of dog bite victim couldn’t identity her until fourth photo Jefferson mayor Matt Gordon put city engineer Jim Leiding and Bolton & Menk on the hot seat as the city council was asked at its Aug. 22 meeting to approve a change order in the amount of $117,779 for work…
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