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Gladbrook News

Alpha Study Club: January

Alpha Study Club met at the Methodist Church on January 24, 2023, with Jo Anne Sash as hostess. In the absence of President Averiel Koester, Joan Appelgate opened the meeting with a reading called Life is Like A Book. Roll call was answered by 15 members telling of their favorite thing ...

Tama County Pork Producers donate to Tama Co. food banks

The Tama County Pork Producers recently donated $1600 to the three food banks in Tama County. Gladbrook site chairperson Jeanne Paustian said, “The ongoing support of individuals, churches, business, and civic organizations is important to us and to those in the communities who count on ...

Pork Producers Pie Auction

The Tama County Pork Producers want to thank all our pie buyers at our annual banquet. Megan Gienger was named "Best Pie Maker" at the banquet held on January 14 at the Gladbrook Memorial Building. Megan's two-crust blueberry pie was purchased by State Bank of Toledo for $800. Tama County ...

Gladbrook Legion & Auxiliary Supper

The Gladbrook AlA is hosting a supper for the Legion, Auxiliary, & SAL members on Monday, February 20, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Memorial Building. Lisa Reinhard will have an Americanism program. The hostesses are Tandi Davis, Katy Barnes, and Kim Thompson.

Gladbrook Womens’ Club News

The Gladbrook Womens’ Club met at the United Methodist Church on January 12. Twenty members answered roll call with an answer to “What did you do for Christmas?” Co-President Joan introduced Dana Brown who presented a very interesting program on a beekeeper. All dressed in her ...

Capturing Iowa’s beauty

Ben Neff, a 2014 BCLUW High School graduate who lives on his family’s farm near Beaman, stays plenty busy during the day working for the John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group in Urbandale, but in his free time, you might catch him prowling central Iowa with his camera and searching for the ...

Union Grove Lake hosts ice fishing tournament

Despite frigid temperatures and snowy road conditions last Saturday morning, the first annual John Kjormoe Ice Fishing Tournament held at Union Grove Lake near Gladbrook — previously known as the Pump Ice Tournament — still went off without a hitch and enjoyed a strong turnout. Some of ...

Made from scratch, made with love

Chances are if you’ve enjoyed a delectable piece of pie handed to you by a beaming gal through the window of a food truck in the Tama-Grundy area – or beyond! – over the last few years, you’ve met ‘The Pie Lady’ which means you’ve met Laura Bru of rural Gladbrook. “I started ...

Iowa State University announces fall 2022 Dean’s List

More than 10,200 Iowa State University students have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the fall semester 2022 Dean's List. Students named to the Dean's List must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale while carrying a minimum of ...

Gladbrook Legion, Auxiliary host first responders

The Gladbrook American Legion and Auxiliary hosted the Gladbrook–Lincoln Ambulance Service and Fire Department personnel at their annual January oyster & chili soup supper held on Monday, January 16. The volunteers introduced themselves, while Ambulance Director Kern Kemp and ...