Dear editor, My name is Tyler Lowmiller and I have called Greene County my home for all of my 24 years. I graduated from Jefferson-Scranton High School in 2012, and I am currently in college pursuing a degree in education. I am currently a special education para-educator at the Greene County Elementary. The upcoming bond vote has me excited as…
Read MoreDay: March 15, 2018
Iowa Central board supports regional academy
The Iowa Central Community College board of directors is “all in,” in writing, for the Greene County School District’s bond issue project. Election day for the $21.48 million bond issue referendum is Tuesday, April 3. Absentee voting is now underway. The Iowa Central board on Jan. 9 voted 8-0 in favor of a resolution in support of the bond referendum.…
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~by Thomas & Susan Laehn At a social gathering a few weeks ago, one of our friends commented, “I hate living in town; you can’t see anything!” We chuckled politely, unsure of what our friend, who is a farmer, meant. Indeed, most of the members of our generation would assert precisely the opposite: the city, not the country, is where…
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