Greene County middle school principal Shawn Zanders has released the honor rolls for the 2020 fall trimester. High honor roll –Grade point average of 3.657-4.0 and no grade less than a C-: 5th grade – Ashlynn Ball, Emmalee Baugh, Anola Carhill, Gage Derry, Tucker Ford, Hanna Fouch, Owen Frederick, Matthew Gannon, Ella Hoffman, Kole Johnson-Peterson, Chloe Julick, Cheyanne Kiley, JJ…
Read MoreDay: December 29, 2020
Give the gift of life: Take COVID vaccine for yourself and others
~by Bill Tubbs, posted with permission My dear wife, Linda, remembers well her mother’s tears and her father’s joy that cold day in 1955 she and her sister and brothers stood shivering outside Briggs Elementary in Maquoketa waiting their turn to receive the polio vaccine. Nothing could stop them. The availability of a vaccine to rid the people of the…
Read MoreCovid positivity rate below 10 percent
The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in Greene County is less than 10 percent for the first time in many weeks. Becky Wolf, director of Greene County public health, reported a positivity rate of 9.6 percent Tuesday morning, Dec. 29. Two new cases of Covid-19 were identified in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases…
Read MoreVFW has ham on the menu for New Year’s Eve
Members of VFW Post 9599 and the VFW auxiliary are hosting a New Year’s Eve ham and baked potato supper Thursday, Dec. 31, from 5 to 6:30 pm at the hall at 109 N. Chestnut St in Jefferson. Corn or peas and dessert will round out the menu. A free will donation will be accepted. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic,…
Read MoreIowa DNR plants more than 100,000 trees on public lands in 2020
The Iowa DNR reached a milestone goal to plant at least 100,000 trees on state-managed lands in 2020. The tree plantings commemorate the 100th anniversary of the National Association of State Foresters, as well as the 100th anniversary of Iowa state parks. Native Iowa trees are being supplied by the State Forest Nursery and planted in Iowa’s four state forests, dozens of…
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