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.
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Supervisors 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…
Read MoreGrCo school board okays pay increases for support personnel, reviews IASB priorities
All school support personnel at Greene County Schools will receive raises of approximately 30 cents an hour. The school board approved the raises at the Sept. 11 regular meeting, with the funds appropriated in House File 2612 during the 2024 legislative session. HF 2612 is the much-discussed bill that included changes to Area Education Agencies and setting minimum teacher salaries.…
Read MoreGreene County HS names homecoming court
Greene County seniors have selected the 2024 homecoming court. Upper classmen will vote next week, with the king and queen crowned Friday after noon, Sept. 20, at 3 pm on the courthouse plaza in Jefferson. See a previous post on GreeneCountyNewsOnline for other activities planned during Homecoming Week.
Read MoreCounty supervisors discuss bike trail, possible funding sources for needed work
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The condition of the Raccoon River Valley Trail, the “bike trail,” was discussed at the Greene County supervisors’ Sept. 9 meeting. Board chair John Muir reported he and supervisor Pete Bardole had attended a meeting about the condition of part of the north spur of the Raccoon River Valley bike trail which runs from the…
Read MoreGOP lawmakers organize to file suit against Summit CO2 pipeline
A group of nearly 40 Republican lawmakers on Sept. 10 announced their plan to file lawsuits against the June decision of the Iowa Utilities Commission, all of whom were appointed by Republican governor Kim Reynolds, to approve Summit Carbon Solution’s Phase 1 carbon dioxide pipeline. Sen. Jesse Green, who represents Greene County as part of the 24th Senate district, is…
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