The Jefferson city council at its Sept. 24 meeting approved the second reading of an ordinance increasing water rates by 5 percent. Council member Chad Sloan cast the dissenting vote in a 4-1 vote. The council will hold the third reading at the Oct. 8 meeting, after which the change will be made. The increase is an effort to keep…
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Supervisors discuss LOSST ballot issue
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County board of supervisors at their Sept. 23 meeting discussed getting information to the public about the upcoming vote on using Local Option Sales and Service Tax (LOSST) for “any legal purpose.” Only voters in unincorporated parts of the county will have the question on their ballot. “Voting starts Oct. 16,” auditor Billie…
Read MoreForums slated for county, state candidates
Candidates for county and state elected office have agreed to participate in candidate forums in Jefferson Oct. 10 and Oct. 15. County candidates will be featured Thursday, Oct. 10, at 7 pm at the Greene County elementary school cafeteria. Supervisor candidates Joe Gannon and Greg Ruth (District 1), and John Muir and Tori Riley (District 4), as well as sheriff…
Read MoreFundraiser, candidates at Churdan library
The Churdan public library will serve a fundraiser drive thru Saturday, Sept. 28, from 11 am to 1 pm. The menu includes hot ham or turkey and cheese sandwiches, beans a chips for a freewill monetary donation. Patrons are asked to enter the alley on the east side of the library and pick up meals in the parking lot. There…
Read MorePaton-Churdan names homecoming royalty
Paton-Churdan is celebrating homecoming this week. High school students selected Kinnick Steimel as homecoming king and Grace Cullum as homecoming queen. Other members of the court are Savannah McCloud, Lily Richards and Emily Walbaum. Mini king and mini queen are Krew Chesler and Elsie Olson.
Read MoreSupervisors slate public hearing on urban renewal capital loan notes
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline Greene County attorney Thomas Laehn reported at the Sept. 16 meeting of the board of supervisors that he had filed the board’s objections to a permit application by Summit Carbon Solutions for construction of a CO2 capture pipeline with the Iowa Utilities Commission. The board had directed Laehn to file the objections at their Sept.…
Read MoreHistorical Society program features tales of Squirrel Hollow Park
Tanner Scheuermann, who heads the Greene County Conservation, will tell the story of Squirrel Hollow Park at a Greene County Historical Society lunch Friday, Oct. 4, at the Rippey Methodist Church. The park, the second-oldest county park in the state, is located in a heavily wooded area in the far southeast corner of Grant Township. Briggs Wood in Hamilton County…
Read MoreAce Hardware, Don & Bonnie Orris donate to Midwest Mission’s Bucket Brigade
Midwest Mission is hosting a Bucket Brigade, an evening of assembling disaster relief supplies into 5-gallon buckets, on Wednesday, Sept. 25 from 3 to 7 pm. This volunteer event comes after the devastating disaster season Iowa experienced this past spring and summer. Midwest Mission was able to respond by sending buckets of disaster relief supplies to three locations following the…
Read MoreKiwanis donates to Ram Reader program
The Kiwanis Club of Jefferson recently donated $1,000 to the Greene County elementary’s Ram Reader program. The goal of the program is to provide each student with a free book to take home before each long break throughout the school year. The mission of Kiwanis is to support the youth of our community. By encouraging our students to read, we…
Read MoreJeff council OKs water rate increase
Will consider the increase two more times before it’s finalized The Jefferson city council at its Sept. 10 meeting voted to increase water rates by 5 percent, but two more readings will be held of the needed amendment to city ordinance. City administrator Scott Peterson explained the rate increase is needed to keep up with expenses and to save for…
Read MoreCorn harvest begins in Iowa
Iowa experienced hot and dry conditions this week. These conditions allowed Iowa farmers 6.7 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Sept. 15, 2024, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field activities included chopping corn silage and harvesting corn and soybeans. Topsoil moisture condition statewide rated 6 percent very short, 38 percent short, 55 percent adequate and…
Read MoreLandus expands service offerings
Landus has announced the purchase of Wickman Chemical, an independent Iowa-based agricultural chemicals provider, to expand its chemical products and services offerings. Wickman Chemical has been a reliable and trusted supplier of chemicals for farmers in the southwest Iowa and Kansas regions for many years. Landus’ acquisition of this company represents its continued commitment to delivering innovation to the farm…
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