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Bee keeping workshop

Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach in Tama County will be hosting a bee keeping workshop at 6:30 p.m. on September 21, 2016. Provided that the weather is good, the workshop will be held at the farm of Jim and Penny Dolezal south of Montour.The workshop will feature Jesse ...

National 4-H week

Now is the time of year for youth to join and participate in 4-H, the youth development program of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Tama County will be celebrating all things 4-H during National 4-H Week October 2-8. 4-H is for those in 4-12 grades. Clover Kids is a fun 4-H program ...

Kirkwood Community College announces Dean’s List honors

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean’s List for the Summer 2016 semester. These students have achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after completing 12 or more credit hours at the college. Kirkwood students from the area earning this distinction are ...

Gladbrook Women’s Club

The first meeting of Gladbrook Women’s Club for 2016-17 was held Thursday, September 8th at Independent Living at 1:30 with 17 members attending. President Shirley called the meeting to order and opened with a poem entitled “September Fire”. Shirley introduced Rodney Hassler from the Iowa ...

Waterloo Community Playhouse announces auditions

WATERLOO, IA The Waterloo Community Playhouse will hold auditions for the holiday musical, A Christmas Story: The Musical. It is based on the motion picture, A Christmas Story distributed by Warner Bros., and written by jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark and upon In God We Trust: All ...

National passport awareness month

The Bureau of Consular Affairs has selected September as Passport Awareness Month in order to increase familiarity with the United States Passport and provide helpful information and services to the traveling American public. Passport Awareness Month is dedicated to offering as much ...

Rising Sun Karate promotions for August

The following students were promoted to White Belt/W Yellow Stripe:Uriah Herrera - Lindy Aswegan - Anna AsweganThe following student was promoted to Blue Belt:Genevieve ForeshoeThe following student was promoted to Green Belt:Noah KarsjensThe following student was promoted to 1st. Degree Brown ...

Dollar General Literacy Foundation awards local youth literacy grant

Goodlettsville, Tenn. -The Dollar General Literacy Foundation announced Kling Memorial Library received a $1,500.00 youth literacy grant today. This grant is part of $4.5 million in youth literacy grants awarded to approximately 1,000 organizations across the 43 states that Dollar General ...

Dahms family reunion

Thirty-four members of the late Henry C. & Anna Brockmann Dahms family met at the Salem Church in Lincoln, Iowa for their 58th annual reunion on Sunday, Aug. 7th, 2016.A bountiful basket dinner was enjoyed by all present. This was followed by a business meeting conducted by ...