GLADBROOK – On the afternoon of Sept. 10, employees at First Interstate Bank (FIB) engaged in a companywide Volunteer Day. The event is simply a way for FIB to concentrate and magnify the effort of its employees who give to the places where they live and work. The staff at the Gladbrook ...
REINBECK – Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School announced last week the 2025 Homecoming Court. Queen candidates this year include Kennedy Brant, Jayla Hemann, Olivia Riffey, Elly Sieh, and Leila Thesing. Honorary queen candidates are Janine Kollreider and Emelyne Le Strat. King candidates ...
GLADBROOK – Members of the Gladbrook Junior American Legion Auxiliary are seeking the community’s help in collecting pull (pop) tabs from cans such as soup and pop as part of an ongoing project benefiting the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Iowa & Western Illinois. The pull ...
GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook American Legion Auxiliary met on. Sept. 8 for a dinner meeting. Unit President Jeanne Paustian called the meeting to order. She reported on her travels to Shelby and Tampa. PNP Nicole Clapp and Jeanne attended the 100th American Legion World Series of Baseball ...
ATLANTA, Ga. – Gladbrook native Birdy Young, lead singer-songwriter of the country Jukebox band Hideaway Honey, has officially earned the title of International Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter at the 2025 International Singer Songwriters Association (ISSA) Awards in Atlanta, Ga. Young was ...
REINBECK - In an update to a story that published last Friday addressing the possibility of both a Gladbrook-Reinbeck school bond referendum and a City of Reinbeck fire station bond appearing on the ballot together as part of this fall's city/school election, Reinbeck Fire Chief Chris Heasley ...
GLADBROOK – Tama County Women, Land & Legacy (WLL) announces its 53rd event, “Soil to Shelter: High Tunnel Production.” The event will be held on Thursday, Sept. 25 at MadAcre Farms, 1175 F Avenue in rural Gladbrook. Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the event beginning at 6 ...
GREEN MOUNTAIN – The first day of the 2025-26 school year for GMG Elementary was on Monday, Aug. 25. The morning included the annual Flag Raising Ceremony provided by the Gladbrook American Legion Post #127 and the Gladbrook Legion Auxiliary. Elementary Principal Stacie Busch welcomed ...
GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook American Legion Auxiliary will meet on Monday, Sept. 8, beginning at 11:30 a.m. for a dinner meeting furnished by the officers. Jeanne will report on the national convention and will discuss our new year.
Students enrolled at both GMG and Gladbrook-Reinbeck headed back to the classroom this past Monday, Aug. 25, on what was the first day of the 2025-26 school year, including 28 seniors at GMG Secondary in Garwin who marked their last first day with a group photo. As is tradition, flag-raising ...