DES MOINES – A little more than a month after earning the crown at the Tama County Fair, Belle Werner of Toledo has added another — this time representing the entire state of Iowa. Werner was crowned the 2026 Iowa State Fair Queen last Saturday evening, Aug. 15, on the Anne and Bill ...
GARWIN – The Green Mountain-Garwin Community School District invites students, families, alumni, staff, and community members to celebrate an exciting milestone as we officially break ground on the future of our Secondary School next week. The groundbreaking ceremony will take place on the ...
TOLEDO – The sun was high in the sky, beating down on the morning like Cassius Clay in the third round. The Tama County Supervisors’ Monday, Aug. 10 meeting started with the board being served a petition during the public comments time. The petition was to place a public measure on the ...
GLADBROOK – He’s a ringer for his dad. It has been more than three decades since Gladbrook native Joe Smith won the Junior Boys World Horseshoe Championship at age 14. This past July, his son, rising GMG seventh-grader Zachary Smith, 12, followed in his footsteps by winning the 2026 ...
STATE CENTER -- Over the last few months, festivalgoers and attendees of various patriotic events may have noticed a massive restored Vietnam-era Sikorsky UH-34D Marine Corps helicopter making conspicuous landings around central Iowa, and if Nicholas and Kimberly Turner of rural State Center ...
DES MOINES – Two GMG FFA students represented the chapter at this year’s FFA Shows at the Iowa State Fair. Rising junior Skyler Murty exhibited in the Farm Crops Division with corn plants, soybean plants, a gallon of oats, and a gallon of corn. She placed eighth overall with her corn ...
TOLEDO – It’s not just a simple management shift for the local board of supervisors; no, this is one of those historic moments that needs to be recorded and remembered for the posterity of Tama County. The first elected woman to the Tama County Board of Supervisors is now the first female ...
AMES – The Iowa State University Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm will celebrate its 50th anniversary with an open house on Sept. 10, from 2 to 7 p.m. Area farmers, agribusiness professionals and interested community members are welcome to attend the free event. Since its ...
GREEN MOUNTAIN – The Gladbrook American Legion and Auxiliary will be conducting a first day of school flag raising ceremony at GMG Elementary in Green Mountain on Monday, Aug. 24, starting at 10:10 a.m. Americanism Chairman Lisa Reinhard will be sharing a short message. Auxiliary Junior ...
GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook Area Senior Citizens' Meal is set for Friday, Sept. 11, beginning at 11:30 a.m. at Chapel Church, 1597 Abbott Avenue in rural Gladbrook. Please contact Jeanne Paustian, 641-751-2039, or Sue Koster, 641-750-9049, for reservations by Thursday, Sept. 3. We hope to see ...