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10/29/2025

10/29/2025

We would like to take a moment and recognize our very own Greene County First Responders as today happens to be National First Responder Day.

These men and women sacarfice their time and effort to provide this county with safety and security. A vast majority of our first responders are volunteers and are still willing and dedicated to showing up 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, and 7 days a week even after coming home from their full time jobs.

Emergencies can happen to anyone, at any time, and will never take a holiday off.

We’d also like to thank the families of these men and women for their continued support, as duty may call during very important family time.

It is with the utmost respect and gratitude that we honor those involved.

Greenfield Illinois Police Department
Greene County EMS
Carrollton Fire District
Carrollton Police Dept.
Roodhouse Fire Protection District
Roodhouse Police Department
White Hall Fire Protection District
White Hall Police Department
Greene County Sheriff's Office
West Central Joint Dispatch ETSB 911

Thank you for your service.

10/29/2025

A Fieldon woman was severely injured in an early Monday morning crash just south of Carrollton. The Greene County EMS, Carrollton Fire Department, White Hall Fire Department and Greene County Sheri…

10/28/2025

Last night we hosted our annual county wide fire meeting and even had a special guest from the Illinois State Fire Marshal’s Office.

Jon Williams, Fire Certified Specialist II, has been in contact with each of our departments and has been assisting us with trainings and making information more accessible to us. We are thankful to be in touch and glad you came!

At our annual meeting, we gather and feed personnel from each fire department in the county and discuss the calls we have faced and things to note about these calls.

Through West Central Joint Dispatch, our local fire departments operate under an automatic mutual aid contract to quickly provide our volunteer departments with the help they need.

We are happy to get to host this meeting as it improves our relationship and partnerships with our surrounding first responder family.

Thank you all for coming.

Roodhouse Fire Protection District
White Hall Fire Protection District
Carrollton Fire District
Greene County EMS
Greenfield Illinois Police Department

10/27/2025

As the Joehl family behind Greene Fields Farm wraps up their 10th year of agritourism, they're still in awe of how a single acre of pumpkins to share with neighbors turned into a 30 acre pumpkin patch that counts visitors by the thousands in Greene County.

"It's pretty wild," Regan Joehl tells Rita Frazer of the RFD Radio Network. "It's just such a blessing to us to get pour our heart and souls into this all year and then see not only our family, but also all of these other families, enjoy it."

An added bonus for the family: What Regan calls their "adventure in agritourism" has allowed Christie Joehl to start St. Isidore FFA, a homeschool FFA chapter that serves eight surrounding counties.

Listen to the full interview: https://www.farmweeknow.com/audio-an-adventure-in-agritourism-in-greene-county/audio_301fd66a-91c1-458c-ac60-91ce9b57848a.html

10/27/2025

10/27/2025

10/26/2025

An important message from Chief Alderfer:

10/26/2025

Firefighters were kept busy yesterday evening as they responded to two separate field fires and a motor vehicle crash. Thank you to all of the responding agencies that provided assistance.