GARWIN – The annual Garwin Freedom Days celebration is at a crossroads and organizers are asking for the public’s help moving forward. According to the non-profit Garwin Enrichment League (GEL), due to budget constraints and beginning in 2025 the City of Garwin will no longer be able to ...
GARWIN – The Green Mountain-Garwin Community School District’s financial health has reached a critical juncture requiring a series of sustained, smart budget decisions over the next five years to keep its solvency ratio in the black. Such was the assessment of district consultant and ...
GARWIN – The Garwin Public Library will be hosting Live Animal Wednesdays in April beginning Wednesday, April 3 with snails followed by Ms. Strawberry the Sheep on April 10, Olive the Hedgehog on April 17, and a Tama County Humane Society special guest on April 24. As part of the April 17 ...
GREEN MOUNTAIN – The Green Mountain-Garwin Community School District is hoping third time’s a charm when it comes to new superintendents this school year. Last week Monday (March 18), Kimballton native Chris Petersen, 42, was officially hired as GMG superintendent, replacing interim ...
GARWIN – Garwin Valley Community Church will be hosting Vacation Bible School (VBS) this summer on June 27-29, from 9 a.m. to noon for 3YO through 6th grade. This is Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The theme will be The Garden, The Curtain, and The Cross and will feature games, songs, ...
GARWIN – On Leap Day, the Garwin Public Library hosted the third annual GMG preschool class field trip with two sets of roughly 20 kids in each set. Students learned about all of the free services a library offers, and each was able to check out a book to take back to school. There was ...
GREEN MOUNTAIN – During a special meeting of the Green Mountain-Garwin school board held on March 7, a pair of motions were approved allowing the district to both enter into a superintendent sharing agreement with Baxter Community School District beginning next school year while also hiring ...
GREEN MOUNTAIN – In a decision few probably saw coming, the GMG Board of Education approved a motion Monday night to explore the possibility of sharing a superintendent with Baxter Community School District in Jasper County. With newly-installed Interim-Superintendent Gary Sinclair at the ...
GARWIN – The Garwin Lions recently presented a donation of $500 to the Garwin Fire Department earmarked for the building fund. The fund was established to construct a new building to house the current fire and ambulance equipment. The Garwin Lions Club, established in 1957, currently has 18 ...
Embrace the Luck of the Irish: Donate Blood this St. Patrick's Day Season! Every 2 seconds, someone needs a lifesaving blood transfusion. Your local hospital relies entirely on blood donors from the community through LifeServe. Let's paint the town green with acts of kindness! Roll up your ...