Student success at GrCo Career Academy

A group of 30 students recently completed a career pathway in the Greene County Career Academy. Students and staff celebrated with breakfast Wednesday morning and discussed senior scholarships, work-based learning scholarships, and seniors wearing a blue cord at graduation representing a completed pathway. The students also discussed pathways for next year and orientation for the fall with the underclassmen. “Thank…

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Sixty-eight new trees in public places in Jefferson

The Jefferson tree committee planted trees in Jefferson last week with Greene County Schools students assisting. This nearly annual spring event is always popular with both students and tree committee members. On Wednesday 28 trees were planted at the future Rotary Centennial Dog Park adjacent to the new Greene County Animal Shelter at 1700 Doreen Wilber Drive. Environmental studies students…

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National Amphibian Week, May 7-13

The loud singing from springtime marshes comes from a tiny package, the chorus frog – an inch-long virtuoso common to Iowa. Chorus frogs along with other frogs, toads and salamanders are being recognized during National Amphibian Week, May 7-13. National Amphibian Week, sponsored by the Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, is a way to increase awareness about amphibians and…

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