GARWIN – GMG Secondary recently announced the Fall 2025 Academic Awards recipients. Congratulations to all the honorees! Superintendent’s Honor Roll: Students must earn straight As and a 4.0 grade point average. Recipients include seventh-graders Jenna Beichley, Adeline Kulhavy, Dayton ...

STORM LAKE – Buena Vista University congratulates more than 560 students who were named to the Fall 2025 Dean's List. The Dean's List recognizes full-time students achieving a 3.5 grade point average or higher for the semester. Local honorees include: –Haven Bovenmyer of ...

NEWTON COUNTY, Ark. — After being missing for 18 days, the body of Garwin resident Nicholas Collins has been found. An Arkansas State Trooper with the Emergency Response Team found Collins on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in Newton County, Ark. According to a press release by the Newton County ...

GARWIN — On Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, the Tama County Sheriff’s Office shared a post on Facebook seeking assistance in locating 22-year-old Garwin man Nicholas Collins, who was last seen on Dec. 19. According to the post, Collins left a note saying he was “going away for a while” and ...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

GARWIN – The Garwin Enrichment League (GEL) held its 3rd annual Soup with Santa event on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, welcoming roughly 30 area children to the shelter house in City Park for a delicious meal and a chance to share their wish lists with Santa. Both before and after the arrival ...

TOLEDO – Tama County 4-H clubs proudly joined forces with the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation to participate in this season’s Ignite the Spirit program, bringing holiday cheer and essential food support to local schools and communities. Toledo Techs, Garwin Roughriders, Buckingham ...

GARWIN – The GMG Community School District Board of Education held its annual organizational meeting on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, at the high school in Garwin during which the oath of office was administered to newly-elected directors, including District 1 Director Lacey Boege, At-Large Director ...