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Greene County farmers and entrepreneurs James Holz (left) and Bill Frederick are convinced that cover crops that hold nutrients in place are the most probable way to address Iowa’s water quality woes. They established Iowa Cover Crop in 2014 to seed fields in the off-season with everything from rye and oats to hairy vetch and radishes. While business has doubled every year, still only 2 percent of Iowa farmland acres are seeded with cover crops. ANDREW McGINN | JEFFERSON HERALD

Believe the hype

Thu, 02/22/2018 - 10:44 admin1

By ANDREW MCGINN
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Jefferson native Clair Tomlinson (right), pictured with daughter Casey, signed up in 1962 for the Air Force and found himself manning a new ICBM called the Titan II for three years in the Arizona desert. Later, a producer in L.A. named Bill McIntyre saw in Tomlinson what he heard in the Firesign Theatre: Subversive comedy gold. Drawn from Tomlinson’s stories about his time in the service, their screenplay, “Nuclear Warriors: A Serious Comedy,” reads like a real-life version of “Dr. Strangelove.”

The screenplay Hollywood is still too afraid to touch

Thu, 02/22/2018 - 10:38 admin1

By ANDREW MCGINN
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“I’d like to think that I provided a service that went above and beyond,” says retiring rural mail carrier Mike Piepel, closing the door of a mailbox on Grimmell Road for perhaps the last time. “Hopefully people got their money’s worth.” ANDREW McGINN | JEFFERSON HERALD PHOTOS

Million-mile man

Thu, 02/15/2018 - 11:43 admin1

By ANDREW MCGINN
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Matthew Fiedler’s life has taken him from Jefferson-Scranton High School to a meat-packing plant in Perry to a job with NASA and now to the forefront of 3-D printing. In 3-D printing, physical objects are made one layer at a time using plastic filament.

First, Scranton, next, the world

Thu, 02/15/2018 - 11:29 admin1

By ANDREW MCGINN
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County Recorder Marcia Tasler grabs a book containing deeds off the shelf in her office’s vault. A $100,000 project would digitize some 91,000 land records dating back to 1854 and make them available online. “It’s the world we’re in now,” she says. ANDREW McGINN | JEFFERSON HERALD PHOTOS

One for the record books

Thu, 02/08/2018 - 09:15 admin1

By ANDREW MCGINN
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Two school teachers are leaving their jobs to open Natural Wonders Learning Center, under construction on Westwood Drive.

New preschool to help solve day care pinch

Thu, 02/08/2018 - 09:10 admin1

By ANDREW MCGINN
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Jefferson residents Jan and Roger Aegerter journeyed in December through the Drake Passage to Antarctica, the coldest, driest and windiest continent on Earth, where they encountered 70 mph gusts of wind. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

The trip of a lifetime

Thu, 02/01/2018 - 09:38 admin1

By ANDREW MCGINN
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A tale of two bonds

Thu, 02/01/2018 - 09:32 admin1

By RICK MORAIN
For The Jefferson Herald

Some area voters have reported confusion about the two upcoming school bond issue elections of area interest.

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Greene County school board members hope to soon implement a tougher new way to evaluate the district superintendent.

Board mulls new superintendent evaluation process

Thu, 01/25/2018 - 10:10 admin1

By BRANDON HURLEY
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Rippey mason Mark Devilbiss made the best of a nightmare situation after the stuccoed front of Muir Embroidery (the building at far right) gave way during a recent downtown revitalization project. Devilbiss rebuilt the facade from scratch. “I hope they can say, ‘He really likes what he’s doing, because it shows in his work,’ ” Devilbiss says. ANDREW McGINN | JEFFERSON HERALD

NOT JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL

Thu, 01/25/2018 - 10:06 admin1

By ANDREW MCGINN
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Believe the hype

The screenplay Hollywood is still too afraid to touch

Million-mile man

First, Scranton, next, the world

One for the record books

New preschool to help solve day care pinch

The trip of a lifetime

A tale of two bonds

Board mulls new superintendent evaluation process

NOT JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL

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