GARWIN — It’s been a longstanding goal of the Garwin Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) departments to bring their operations together under one roof in a state-of-the-art new facility for a small town, and they celebrated the near-realization of that dream with an open house on ...
GARWIN – GMG Secondary (grades 7-12) hosted a highly-successful CTE Career Olympics day at the campus in Garwin on Friday, March 27, welcoming dozens of local businesses and employers for a full day of activities. The day started with an opening ceremony featuring several speakers, ...
MARSHALLTOWN – GMG High School celebrated prom last Saturday, April 11, at the Midnight Ballroom in Marshalltown. The 2026 theme was ‘A Night Under the Stars’. Saturday evening began with the public Promenade at 5 p.m. featuring JR Tichy as emcee, followed by dinner and dance which ...
MARSHALLTOWN – Garwin native Michelle Burgess of Marshalltown wears two hats in the business world. One is that of a training and development manager for Emerson Process Management (EPM) in Marshalltown. The second is owner of a Real Deals retail store on East Main Street, also in ...
GARWIN – If you saw several tractors touring the streets of Garwin last week Wednesday, April 1, it was not some sort of April Fool’s shenanigans but rather GMG FFA students on their way to school as part of the chapter’s annual Drive Your Tractor to School Day. FFA members first met in ...
DES MOINES – Nationals, here they come! More than 400 high school students from across Iowa along with nearly 40 employers participated in the annual State Career Development Conference (CDC) Thursday, March 26, in Des Moines, including a record number of GMG iJAG (Iowa’s Jobs for ...
GARWIN – In less than two months, construction is set to begin on GMG Community School District’s new $12.3 million secondary addition in Garwin, paid for with general obligation bond revenues, following the school board’s approval in February of the final bid packages. “We have been ...
MARSHALLTOWN – Lifelong Marshalltonian and Class of 2018 GMG graduate Alexa Mitchell’s first professional passion was healthcare as she spent several years working at the Iowa Veterans Home. But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and she lost so many of the patients she had come to know and ...
MARSHALLTOWN – On Monday, Feb. 16, the GMG FFA Chapter sent nine members to the Sub-District Contest at Marshalltown High School, where students competed in Parliamentary Procedure, Ag Sales, Ag Radio Broadcasting, Job Interview, and Creed Speaking. The Parliamentary Procedure team earned ...
GARWIN – The following was posted to social media last month by the Garwin Enrichment League. The newspaper is publishing the full post as a courtesy to our readers. The Garwin Enrichment League, a 501(c)(3) organization, is a group of community members who plan, organize, and fundraise for ...