Paton-Churdan 8th-12th grades will present “The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong” by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields, Saturday, April 29, at 2 pm and 7 pm in the school auditorium. The public is invited to attend. General admission tickets are available at the door or in advance at the school and are $8/adults, $5/students. It has been quite a few…
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Demo of former school gym off the to-do list
The 1952 gymnasium attached to the former middle school will remain standing for the next several years, although it has seen no use since the opening of the new Greene County High School in 2020. The fate of the gym is tied to the repurposing of the school building as apartments, an ambitious project of Nate Adams of Carroll, doing…
Read MoreRAGBRAI info meetings planned
All those interested in being a vendor when RAGBRAI passes through Jefferson July 25, as well as community members who want to know more about the day, are invited to attend an informational meeting hosted by Jefferson Matters: A Main Street & Chamber Community. Vendor requirements and general RAGBRAI information will be shared, followed by a time to ask questions.…
Read MoreFood Bank of IA CEO to hold town hall meeting on food insecurity April 25
Michelle Book, CEO of the Food Bank of Iowa and a Jefferson native, will hold a town hall-style event, “Up Close and Personal,” Tuesday, April 25, in the Rotary Room at the Jefferson Community Golf Course. Book will discuss food insecurity in Iowa and the role of the Food Bank of Iowa. She hopes to hear feedback from community members…
Read MoreCounty supes ink 28E agreements, hear about RAGBRAI requirements
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County board of supervisors adopted a resolution at their Apr. 17 meeting finalizing 28E agreements with nine non-profits hoping to receive county funding from the supervisors. County attorney Thomas Laehn has said Iowa Code requires a 28E agreement between the county and any non-profit before county money can be granted to the non-profit.…
Read MoreJeff council hires Lake View administrator as new city administrator
The Jefferson city council held a special meeting April 18 to approve hiring Scott Peterson, now city clerk/administrator of Lake View, as Jefferson city administrator. Peterson’s first day on the job will be June 15. City administrator Mike Palmer will retire effective June 30. Peterson has been in his current position since July 1998. He was clerk/administrator in Glidden and…
Read MoreMedical center names new chief nursing officer
Greene County Medical Center CEO Chad Butterfield announced the hiring of Amanda Lass as chief nursing officer (CNO). She will begin her new role on Monday, June 26. Lass joins Greene County Medical Center from Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, where she served as director of medical telemetry since 2018. Her responsibilities included oversight of up to 80 employees…
Read MoreGuided birding event set for April 29 at Dunbar Slough
The public is invited to a guided birding expedition Saturday, April 29, from 8 am to noon at Dunbar Slough. Activities will include stopping at different sites to watch and enjoy birds, as well as hearing some bird identification tips and information about some of the birds passing through during their migration. Dunbar Slough is a 2,134-acre State Wildlife Management…
Read MoreMedical center staff available to help during Medicaid ‘unwinding’
At the end of 2022, President Biden signed an act ending the public health emergency effective May 11 of this year. This also encompasses an end to the continuous Medicaid coverage offered during the Covid-19 pandemic. Greene County Medical Center patient financial services supervisor Maddeline Smith explained those who rely on Medicaid for their healthcare needs will be asked to…
Read MoreBagley man severely burned in field fire
Alex Krueger of Bagley suffered severe injuries in a Thursday morning farm field fire in Guthrie and Greene Counties. Guthrie County Sheriff Marty Arganbright said his deputies, along with Greene County sheriff Jack Williams, Yale, Jamaica, Bagley and Bayard fire departments, and Panora EMS responded to the fire in the 2800 block of 110th Street. The 911 call was placed…
Read MoreSupervisors officially oppose Senate bill to add another cent to statewide sales tax, eliminate LOSST
The Greene County supervisors at their April 10 meeting approved a resolution in opposition to Senate File 550, a bill that would eliminate the 1-cent Local Options Sales and Service Tax (LOSST), now in place in most Iowa counties, and replace it with an additional 1-cent state sales tax. The state sales tax would increase from 6 to 7 cents.…
Read MoreGreene County Fine Arts Hall of Fame inductees announced
The Greene County Schools activities office recently announced the inaugural class of the newly formed Greene County Fine Arts Hall of Fame. This year’s class is highly decorated. Teresa Lawler – Teresa Lawler served as Jefferson-Scranton’s speech coach from 1995 to 2007. During her time as the speech coach, 94 individual events and 32 large group events were chosen as…
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