GARWIN — The Garwin Lions Club’s reporting fiscal year ended on June 30, 2025 (July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025). The club, which consists of 18 members, hosted four fundraisers, participated in five community projects and was able to disburse $3,400 in donations to the community and ...
GARWIN – The Garwin Legion Post #71 has to replace 50 of the 90 flags at the Garwin Cemetery used primarily on Memorial Day and Veterans Day. The cost of the flags will be $1,250. Pat Smith has made 250 Worry Worms at a cost of $5 each, and the proceeds will go towards the purchase of the ...
TOLEDO – Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) is pleased to announce Abe Dieleman of rural Toledo and Ryan Hosek of rural Traer have been selected to each receive a $1,000 local college scholarship through the SWCD’s outreach programming. Dieleman is a Green ...
MARSHALLTOWN – Marshalltown Community College Foundation and the Fairall Memorial Scholarship committee celebrated with student recipients and their families the selection for one of MCC’s most prestigious scholarships. Because members of their families chose to serve in the Armed Forces, ...
REINBECK AND GARWIN - As Americans across the country celebrated Independence Day on Friday, July 4, Reinbeck hosted its annual 4th of July celebration while nearby Garwin hosted its own Freedom Days festival. The bulk of the activities in both communities were held in the towns’ ...
GARWIN - From left to right, Harvin Langenbau (Coast Guard), Clayton Ratliff (Army), Tyler Woehlk (National Guard), Robert Pailthorpe (Navy), Kaden (Marines), Lowell A. LeMaster (Army), Jay Jackson (Navy) and Justin Graves (Army) all received Quilts of Valor from the Central Iowa Quilt ...
GARWIN – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is holding an open house on Monday, July 28 from 5-7 p.m. at the Union Grove State Park Youth Shelter located at 215th St. near Garwin to discuss the habitat management, recreation use, wildlife populations and other topics of interest ...
DES MOINES – Five talented Iowa high school students including GMG Class of 2025 graduate Anna Mussig were recently selected to receive a prestigious Iowa Scholarship for the Arts from the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Economic Development Authority. The Iowa Scholarship for the ...
GLADBROOK – On Friday, May 16, just before 10:45 a.m., Tama County 911 received a call about a house fire in Gladbrook. According to a news release from Tama County Sheriff Casey Schmidt, everyone involved in the fire “made it out of the home safely.” “Our 911 dispatchers, Emergency ...
Gladbrook-Reinbeck and Green Mountain-Garwin high schools held commencement exercises for the Class of 2025 on Sunday, May 18, in their respective main gyms. The weather was perfect - sunny, slightly balmy, and with relatively calm winds. A small selection of photos from the two ceremonies ...