Iowa continued to experience hot and dry conditions this week allowing Iowa farmers 6.5 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending September 29, 2024, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field activities included harvesting both corn and soybeans. Topsoil moisture condition across Iowa rated 15 percent very short, 44 percent short, and 41 percent adequate. Ratings in…
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Jefferson Matters announced as 2025 Great American Main Street Award semifinalist
One of eight organizations recognized for exemplary downtown revitalization efforts nationally Main Street America has announced Jefferson Matters as a 2025 Great American Main Street Award (GAMSA) semifinalist. This prestigious award is the nation’s top award recognizing communities for their excellence in comprehensive preservation-based commercial district revitalization. A jury of professionals and leaders in the fields of community and economic…
Read MoreIowa DOT studying remarking Hwy 4 in Jefferson for three lanes
Area residents have until Oct. 7 to submit comments to the Iowa Department of Transportation regarding proposed improvements to Hwy 4 through Jefferson. The improvements would result in the roadway – from south of Greenewood Rd almost to Hwy 30 – being three lanes wide rather than four lanes. (See IDOT graphic) The width of the road would not change.…
Read MoreJeff council okays second reading to up water rates, 6th change order on sewer plant
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…
Read MoreSupervisors 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…
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