Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation, the local nonprofit corporation that holds the state gaming license in Greene County, distributed almost $1.5 million in grants at its 8th annual Awards Night, held April 4 in the Greene Room at Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson. Grow Greene County board members call it “the highlight of their year” to hand out awards to…
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‘Meet Your Legislators’ slated for April 15
Final forum of 2023 legislative session The public is invited to “Meet Your Legislators” on Saturday, April 15 at 10 am at the Welcome Center, 201 E. Lincoln Way, Jefferson. The event is sponsored by the board of Thomas Jefferson Gardens of Greene County as a community service as the importance of an informed electorate was a strongly held belief…
Read MoreGrant to Charlson for RC Shack
A new business in Jefferson has been awarded Jefferson Wants You Incentive Funds for new start-ups. The RC Shack located at 702 E Lincoln Way will open soon with owner Darrin Charlson. Charlson is relocating from Churdan to this new location to expand his inventory of remote controlled cars, boats, planes, choppers, and rock crawlers. The shop will have vehicles, both…
Read MoreReminder to Viet Nam era vets, surviving spouses of expanded VA benefits
Greene County veterans affairs director Mike Bierl reminds surviving military veterans and spouses of deceased veterans that the list of conditions qualifying for benefits and/or the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) program as well as the qualifying locations of service were updated with the historic PACT Act. New presumptives (medical conditions presumed to be caused by substances or conditions of…
Read MoreCDBG funds announced for upper level of Centennial Block building
Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) recently awarded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in support of the application by the City of Jefferson on behalf of Why Not Us, LLC, for an upper story living project in the Centennial Block building owned by the group of investors. Awards totaling $2,639,538 were announced by IEDA for projects in five communities across…
Read MoreSec of State Pate explains ‘no activity’ notice, voter registration
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate encourages Iowans who receive a ‘No Activity’ notice in the mail from his office to respond to it quickly. Registered voters who did not participate in the 2022 general election have been made inactive and will receive a notice in the mail to confirm their residential address. Those who do not respond will remain…
Read MoreSupervisors adopt comp board’s recommended wage increases, FY24 budget
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline During the regular meeting on Mar. 27, the Greene County board of supervisors opened a public hearing for the proposed FY2024 County budget. There were no written or oral objections received by the board. After closing the hearing, the board unanimously passed a resolution to adopt the compensation board’s recommendations for the salaries of elected…
Read MoreABC Award to Sam Harding
Sam Harding was presented with the 2022 Above and Beyond the Call Award, the ABC Award, at a Community Appreciation Night hosted by Jefferson Matters: A Main Street and Chamber Community March 28 at Greene County High School. Sid Jones, 2021 ABC Award recipient, made the presentation. Harding was instrumental in the design and construction of the Webb House youth…
Read MoreEaster egg hunt, free dinner in Scranton this weekend
Sweet Treats, the community outreach program of the Scranton United Methodist Church, has two events planned this weekend. An Easter egg hunt is scheduled on Saturday, April 1, at 9 am. Youngsters should arrive at the Scranton School Memorial Park prior to 9 am. The Easter Bunny is expected to make a guest appearance. Bring your camera for photos with…
Read MoreOutstanding Website award to Experience Jefferson website
The Experience Jefferson website, a production of Jefferson Matters: A Main Street & Chamber Community, was recognized by the Iowa Tourism as the outstanding website in the rural division at the Iowa Tourism Conference in Altoona last week. The purpose of the website is to create an engaging digital platform to entice people to visit and move to the community.…
Read MoreHistorical Society program on broom making reset for April 1
A program on Jefferson’s broom factories, which operated from the late 19th century into the mid-20th century, will take place Saturday, April 1, at 2 pm at the historical museum, 218 E. Lincoln Way in Jefferson. The program was originally set for Sunday, March 26, but was postponed because of inclement weather. Museum program director Margaret Hamilton will tell the…
Read MoreScranton post office moving to Carroll
Residents of the Scranton community were notified late last week of a change regarding service by the United States Postal Service. Since late October 2018 when the Scranton post office building was declared unsafe, residents have been served through the Jefferson post office. The change notice stated: “Effective immediately, anything that needs picked up at the post office (packages, certified…
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