The student-built house on E. Wilcox Way in Jefferson may be the last such house. After a challenging two-year project that still is not complete, the Greene County board of education at its regular meeting June 18 decided to look at options other than a house for the construction class going forward.
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Sponsors welcome for Greene County Fair
The Greene County fair board is in the final stages planning the Greene County Fair, July 8-14, at the fairgrounds on E. Lincoln Way in Jefferson. Sponsors are very important to the Greene County Fair. Their donations help fund the grandstand entertainment, bringing more people to the fair and to Greene County. Several levels of sponsorship are available, with special…
Read MoreSupervisors support medical center’s move to UnityPoint Clinic
Members of the Greene County board of supervisors in informal discussion during their June 23 meeting expressed support for the decision last week by the Greene County Medical Center board of trustees to terminate the lease of McFarland Clinic for space in the medical center. “I’m sympathetic to a small degree with McFarland Clinic, but for years McFarland has refused…
Read MoreJ-S board transitions to Greene County board
The Jefferson-Scranton board of education held its last regular meeting June 18, a brief meeting that segued into a Greene County board of education meeting. The J-S and East Greene boards are dissolved effective July 1 with the reorganization of the two smaller districts into the Greene County Community School District. The reorganization was approved by voters in February 2013.…
Read MoreScranton city council makes appointments, talks about emerald ash borer
While parts of western Iowa are dealing with hail damage done earlier this month, the Scranton city council at its June 10 meeting reviewed damage to city-owned property done by hail last summer. The city insurance carrier will cover the cost to replace the metal roof at city hall, the water plant and the park shelter house. First, city officials…
Read MoreUpdate: Rippey school demolition slated for August
Demolition of the 1921 Rippey school building will begin in early July with a salvage operation, but the building won’t be razed until August, school superintendent Tim Christensen told the East Greene board of education at its June 18 regular meeting. Once the actual knocking down of walls starts, it will take about two weeks to complete the project.
Read MoreLansman, Zanders named activities directors; Beger to assist
Plans to hire someone to serve half-time as activities director and half-time as assistant high school principal for the Greene County schools have been scuttled, and instead the activity director’s duties will be shared by high school science teacher Dean Lansman and middle school principal Shawn Zanders.
Read MoreHighest average weekly rainfall since 2008
Frequent rain slowed fieldwork in Iowa during the week that ended Sunday, June 22, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Temperatures were above normal for the week, while severe storms with high winds and hail hit much of the state. Statewide there were 2.0 days suitable for fieldwork. West central Iowa farmers had only 1.8 days suitable to…
Read MoreMedical Center terminates McFarland Clinic lease
McFarland Clinic plans to continue serving Greene County The Greene County Medical Center board of trustees at its June 19 meeting voted unanimously to give the required one-year termination notice for the lease agreement between the medical center and McFarland Clinic for office space located within the medical center. The decision follows the board’s May 13 approval of a partnership…
Read MoreWork ready to begin on Wild Rose Jefferson
A sign has been posted and large equipment is on site ready to take out 43 acres of soybeans at the location of Wild Rose Jefferson, scheduled to open next summer. Building plans were prepared months ago in hopeful anticipation the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission would approve the application for a gaming license. That approval came last Thursday in…
Read MoreThomas Jefferson Gardens open, not yet dedicated
The Bell Tower Festival included a “soft” opening of the Thomas Jefferson Gardens Saturday afternoon. Although there was no formal program, Gardens board members greeted visitors with an informational brochure, packets of seeds, and an invitation to support the project financially. Jean Walker, who has been hired as gardener, was also present. Wallace Teagarden of Ames, who gave the initial…
Read MoreRacing and Gaming Commission meeting has drama, suspense
The drama of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission announcing a decision June 12 in Burlington on the application of Grow Greene County and Wild Rose Entertainment for a casino license will likely be remembered in Jefferson for many years to come. In the end, it was two farmers and an attorney who “bought in” to Grow Greene County’s vision…
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