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Education

Iowa’s Largest and Tallest Trees program set for Sept. 11

TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present “Iowa’s Largest and Tallest Trees” on Wednesday, Sept. 11, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St, Toledo. Join big tree hunter Mark Rouw has been searching for the biggest trees in Iowa for nearly 50 ...

GMG passes bond resolution, will hold election Nov. 5

GARWIN – The GMG Community School District Board of Education, at their August 12 regular school board meeting, unanimously passed a resolution to hold a special election on November 5, 2024, to address critical building infrastructure needs within the 1925 portion of the secondary school ...

GMG Flag Raising

GREEN MOUNTAIN – The Gladbrook Legion and Auxiliary will be hosting a first day of school flag raising at GMG Elementary in Green Mountain on Monday, Aug. 26, at 10:15 a.m. Americanism Chairman Lisa Reinhard will be conducting the service with Jr. Auxiliary member Kinley Miller raising the ...

Hosek awarded Tama SWCD college scholarship

Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) is pleased to announce Dylan Hosek of rural Traer has been selected to receive a $1,000 local college scholarship through the SWCD’s outreach programming. Dylan is a North Tama graduate majoring in Applied Agricultural & Food Studies ...

GMG school board president resigns

GREEN MOUNTAIN - After successfully hosting along with her fellow board members a July 30 community information meeting regarding the district's upcoming November bond referendum, Green Mountain-Garwin school board president Jill Roberts has resigned. Per her resignation letter dated Aug. 4 ...

GMG begins circulating $12.3 million school bond petition

GARWIN – It was a show and tell of sorts at Green Mountain-Garwin Secondary last Tuesday, July 30, as district leaders held the first of two planned community meetings related to a possible November 2024 school bond referendum. The aging infrastructure of the Garwin school complex’s ...

‘Thank You for a Great Summer’ from Tama County 4-H

TAMA COUNTY – Over 600 K-12th graders participated in summer 4-H programs in Tama County this year and we want to say thank you! We say a huge thank you to our partnerships with the Tama, Toledo, Traer, Dysart, Chelsea, Clutier and Garwin public libraries. Thank you to Tama County ...

The Stories of Our Lives

GLADBROOK – Each of us has unique life stories that are worth sharing. For those of us who were educated in the Gladbrook Community School, we share memories of people and places that hold special meaning. One of those places is the school’s old gym. While the Gladbrook School complex is ...

School planting progress continues at Tama-Toledo Christian School

TAMA – For anyone taking a stroll through the 600 block of Tama’s Oswego Street this summer, renovations on the old Catholic church by the nonprofit Tama-Toledo Christian School may appear to have stalled as of late but according to Rep. Dean Fisher, president of the school’s board of ...

Gladbrook High School Class of 1969 celebrates 55th class reunion

GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook Class of 1969 met at the Memorial Building in Gladbrook on Saturday night of Corn Carnival after having won first place float in the Grand Parade the night before. (Thank you, Ray!) A delicious dinner was furnished and served by Hometown Foods and a short business ...