Blossoms to the Lafayette County Highway Department head Tom Jean and crews for their fine work clearing road ice and snow in such miserable weather. Traveling Grant, Iowa, Crawford and Richland County roads from January into February, we saw what an excellent job Lafayette County was doing. Tailgaters beware: Though it's spring, there can be ice patches and black ice on roadways. Please drive safely. - Mary McKnight



A big bouquet of blossoms to Joe Monroe and the Monroe High School faculty for allowing us to bring in Christina Halli, a NAMI Erie County, Pennsylvania volunteer for a mental health presentation for the 10th-grade health classes. A thank you also to the Monroe United Methodist Church for being open to the public in the evening for this presentation. - NAMI Green County Directors, Louise Christensen