GARWIN – The GMG Community School District was the only local district to receive a perfect rating in an academic category in the Iowa Department of Education (DOE) Iowa School Performance Profiles, released Oct. 26. Using a scale of 1 to 100, GMG earned a 100 in making students ready for ...
Following the official first and second canvass of the Nov. 7 city and school elections in Tama County, the winner of several city government races including in the communities of Garwin, Tama, Clutier, and Vining. Garwin In Garwin, no one filed to run for the two-year term council vacancy. ...
After a long Tuesday in which the spirit of democracy swept through Iowa’s counties like an eagle floating on the fall breeze, the night ended at the county auditors’ offices. Precincts called in, votes were counted, and 'VOTE HERE' signs were put in a back room. The unofficial 2023 ...
IOWA CITY — As the University of Iowa continues to support the mental health of everyone on campus, a new embedded counselor this fall is dedicated to serving those who served their country. Chuck Xander, an Iowa native and combat veteran, began working this semester in a newly created ...
TOLEDO – A new business is in town, cleaning up the city. Garwin native Daltin Dillingham just started up D's Garbage Service, which is now operating in Toledo. Mr. Dillingham's family has been in the local garbage business for three generations. When he grew up, Daltin started working ...
TOLEDO – Renowned local artist and Tama-Grundy Publishing cartoonist, columnist and correspondent Michael D. Davis has his work on display at the front of the Toledo Public Library for the entire month of October, and the exhibit is free and open to the public. Readers know Davis, an STC ...
The GMG Student Council is an organization that plans and fundraises activities for the student body, such as Homecoming. GMG has about 15 students on the Student Council. Officers include President Alice Hunt; Vice President Lilly Bru; Secretary Lexi Vazquez; Treasurers Anna Mussig and ...
GARWIN – The Garwin Public Library is seeking donations of dress-up clothes and costumes for kids – preferably items that kids have outgrown and/or are taking up space in a closet. “We are currently accepting these items at the library in preparation for this year's spooky season. More ...
Last week Friday, Sept. 22, both Gladbrook-Reinbeck and GMG school districts capped off their respective homecoming weeks by winning gridiron football games in front of hometown audiences and celebrating recently-crowned homecoming royalty. G-R crowned Isaac Clark and Dylinn Blohm the ...
As of July 1st, 2023, Garwin United Methodist Church officially disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church (UMC) denomination and changed its name to Garwin Valley Community Church. We joined 100+ churches across Iowa and 6,000+ across the nation to do so this year, with more joining ...