DES MOINES – The Iowa House this past Tuesday (April 8) passed the state K-12 school funding package for the 2025-2026 school year and sent it to the governor’s desk. Senate File 167, passed 59-36, sets the State Supplemental Aid (SSA) rate at 2%, increasing the per-pupil funding for K-12 ...
REINBECK – The Grundy County Pork Producers made a donation late last month to the Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School Family and Consumer Science (FCS) program through the gift of pork coupons. Per a G-R social media post on March 27, “[The Pork Producers] generosity allows us to taste and ...
TAMA — While plenty of work remains to be done, leaders of the soon to be opened non-denominational K-8 Tama-Toledo Christian School (TTCS) are encouraged by continued progress inside the former St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Tama. As part of that progress, last Saturday, March 29, the ...
SHERIDAN, Wyo. — Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) students were saddled up for success when they ditched spring break in Iowa to journey out west for the 2025 National Professional Agricultural Student conference, held March 16-20 at Sheridan College in Wyoming. Twenty-seven DMACC ...
AMES – The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program will be offering a “Last Chance” Private Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for private pesticide applicators during from April 7 until April 15, 2025, at participating county ...
REINBECK – At 7:30 p.m. on March 25, 2025, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Chapter of the National Honor Society met with family and friends to induct its 13 new members. The ceremony was introduced by the faculty advisor, Jennifer Strohbehn. After a brief introduction, the returning members read ...
CONRAD — Longtime BCLUW Superintendent Ben Petty, who previously served in a shared role with GMG from 2011 to 2021, will soon take on a new split position with another area “alphabet soup” school district — AGWSR — beginning July 1. At AGWSR, Petty will replace Erik Smith, who ...
AMES – More than 400 high school students and nearly 60 employers from across Iowa participated in the annual State Career Development Conference (SCDC) held at Iowa State University on March 5, including five Green Mountain-Garwin (GMG) Iowa’s Jobs for America’s Graduates (iJAG) high ...
TRAER – Tama County Women, Land & Legacy (WLL) announces its 52nd event: “Into the Wild: Safe Mushroom Foraging.” The event will be held on Wednesday, March 26, at Traer Public Library’s Kupka Cultural Center, 531 Second Street. Registration and dessert will begin at 6:30 p.m. with ...
More than 61% of Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District voters said ‘yes’ on Tuesday to a doubling of the district’s current voted Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL). The vote – which required a simple majority of 50%+1 to pass – sailed through with 1,033 ballots cast ...