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Education

Schlampp graduates from ECC

IOWA FALLS – Sixty-two students including Jada Anne Schlampp of Reinbeck have completed all requirements of their respective degree programs as of the end of the Summer 2024 semester and are now graduates of Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls.  These graduates were honored with their ...

​​Monthly wellness program offered at Garwin Public Library

GARWIN – Words on Wellness (WOW) LIVE! Is a monthly program that promotes a healthy lifestyle. The group meets on the second Tuesday of each month at noon at the Garwin Public Library to discuss relevant topics and sample a healthy recipe. The discussion is led by Cheryl Bruene from Iowa ...

In the Sky: September

September will be a special month because after several months with no planets in the evening sky, there will now be two. Early in the month, Saturn will be at its highest and brightest as Earth in its faster orbit passes it. Saturn will rise in the east as the Sun sets in the west, and it will ...

Local students graduate from Marshalltown Community College

MARSHALLTOWN – Marshalltown Community College is pleased to announce the Summer 2024 graduates, a group of students who have shown remarkable perseverance and achievement. This summer's graduating class reflects MCC's commitment to providing a supportive and enriching educational environment, ...

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 ...