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Big February for GMG FFA

FFA has been very active these last few months. Members of FFA went to Iowa’s Capital on January 3. They listened to speakers that encouraged the importance of agriculture. Members were also able to take a tour around the capital. In late February there was an FFA speaking contest. FFA ...

GMG Speech a hit at districts

Twelve individuals from the GMG Speech Team performed at the District Individual Speech Contest Feb. 25 in Marshalltown. The participants competed in various categories including Poetry, Prose, Reviewing, Radio News, Spontaneous Speaking, Solo Musical Theatre, and ...

Short film shows at state

A group of students at GMG went to state in Short Film with a video called, The Sexy Photo Silencer. Anna Mussig, Caiden Priske, Lexi Vasquez, Skye Witte, and Jayden Beichley, all participated in a video about a student who sent an inappropriate photo to someone and that photo of her spread ...

Learning the legislature

Gladbrook-Reinbeck senior Henry Mussig can still remember the day when, as a fifth grader, he and his classmates took a trip to the Senate chambers at the Iowa Capitol during a legislative session, and a tour guide pointed out a high school student who was serving as a page. “She said ...

Special election 2023: Kienzle wins GMG board seat

A newcomer won a seat on the GMG school board, and a $14.25 million bond issue at North Tama fell just short of a necessary supermajority during special elections held around the area Tuesday. According to unofficial results posted Tuesday night, Kristine Kienzle of rural Toledo defeated ...

G-R FFA takes second in Iowa Pork Producers swine judging contest

Five teams of Iowa youth won scholarships while participating in the Senior Division of the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) Youth Swine Judging Contest. The contest was held at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines earlier this month. There were 162 teams represented in the Senior ...

GMG school board special election candidate profiles

The GMG Community School District has a director at large seat for the Board of Education on the March 7 special election ballot to fill a vacancy that arose following the resignation of former board member Stacey Duden. Duden resigned last fall to serve as the board’s 2022-2023 ...

Gladbrook’s Hatch named to Dean’s List at Luther College

Kerrigan Hatch, Luther College junior of Gladbrook, Iowa, has been named to the 2022 fall semester Dean’s List. Luther College’s Fall 2022 Dean’s List includes 652 students; 134 first-years, 124 sophomores, 170 juniors and 224 seniors. To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must ...

GMG High School Art Club hosts elementary art camp

On Saturday, December 10, the GMG Art Club put together an art camp for the elementary. The Art club had an idea to do some fundraising by putting on an art camp for the younger students in the elementary, the money that was raised is going to be used by the art club for future activities ...

Four Tama Co. school districts set to hold special elections March 7

March 7 will be a busy day for Tama County Elections Administrator Karen Rohrs as four schools with boundaries in the county hold special elections including North Tama, Benton Community, GMG, and Hawkeye Community College. Benton Community includes roughly six sections of the northeast ...