IOWA – After counting their blessings as part of the Thanksgiving holiday, folks across the Upper Midwest were also counting inches upon inches of snow as a prolonged winter storm moved through beginning Friday. When all was said and done, well over a foot of snow was deposited in the ...
REINBECK – Lenah Oltman is ready to move the Reinbeck Public Library (RPL) forward and she has the plans to make it happen – all she needs now is the community’s continued support. “The library’s addition was built 34 years ago, and no updates have been done since then. We’ve ...
GLADBROOK — The Gladbrook-Lincoln Ambulance Service hosted its Touch a Truck Food Drive event on Nov. 20. This successful event was made possible by the agencies, volunteers and people who participated and donated food for the Gladbrook Food Pantry. The Gladbrook Fire Department, Tama ...
TRAER – In the words of Traer historian George Kadrmas, ‘a grand old home’ located southwest of Traer was destroyed by fire on the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. “A grand old home burned to the ground last week,” Kadrmas posted Nov. 24 to the Facebook public group St. Vaclav ...
REINBECK – During the Reinbeck Lions Club meeting held on Monday, Nov. 17, Gary Poppens of the Reinbeck American Legion Post 242 gave a presentation on a new flag project set to be installed at the Reinbeck Cemetery at the site of "The Unknown Soldier.” The project will include six lighted ...
GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook Legion and Auxiliary Christmas meeting will be Wednesday, Dec. 10, with a 6:30 p.m. supper by the Unit. The Juniors will be presenting their Candlelight Christmas Program. The Post & Unit will each have their own meetings. The Auxiliary will be doing a gift exchange.
TOLEDO – Last week’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting kicked off on Monday, Nov. 24, with Ben Daleske, the county’s engineer, giving his report. Daleske said that they’ve been stockpiling rock in Chelsea, and they’ve been receiving rock from Salt Creek in Garwin as well. PCI ...
IOWA – The Iowa DNR is releasing a series on chronic wasting disease, to provide the latest information and online tools to one of our most important partners —Iowa’s deer hunters. This series will be released in four parts ahead of the opening of Iowa’s gun deer season. The topics ...
IOWA FALLS – Rural Buckeye native Annette Sweeney has announced her re-election candidacy for Iowa Senate District #27, which encompasses all of Hardin, Grundy, Poweshiek, much of Tama, and a portion of Black Hawk counties. With the enthusiastic support of her family Annette looks forward ...
REINBECK – Following a recount, the results are in and margins remain the same: Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District’s $17.3 million bond referendum passed on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, by 17 votes. “Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District has received the completed recount ...