McLaughlin Family Companies donate $100K for new GrCo Early Learning Center construction

A lead gift of $100,000 from the McLaughlin Family Companies of Scranton will help ensure that “Growth Happens Here” at the Greene County Early Learning Center (GCELC), a nonprofit childcare center serving children and families from throughout Greene county.   With one of the first business donations, the McLaughlins are supporting the construction of a new building for the center…

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Bell tower, JM:MS&CC receive tourism awards

The Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower and Jefferson Matters: A Main Street & Chamber Community received awards for excellence in the tourism industry. The awards were presented by the Iowa Tourism Office and the Travel Federation of Iowa at a ceremony April 29 in Des Moines during the 2021 Iowa Tourism Conference. A total of 25 awards were presented in two…

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Supes OK music policy for Mahanay tower, purchase of building for secondary roads

~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County supervisors unanimously approved a resolution adopting the Mahanay Carillon music policy at their regular meeting on April 26. The supervisors had received a draft of the policy on April 19. After three months of meetings between the Greene County attorney and the Bell Tower Community Foundation, the policy was written to “facilitate…

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