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GMG alumna Lilly Bru earns American FFA Degree

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – On Saturday, Nov. 1, GMG Class of 2024 alumna Lillian Bru of rural Gladbrook was among the 5,162 FFA members who received the American FFA Degree during the 98th annual National FFA Convention & Expo held in Indianapolis – the largest cohort in the organization’s ...

Unwinding History: Traer Livestock Auctions

Sun Courier Note: Unwinding History is an occasional series by Traer Historical Museum president George Kadrmas originally published by the North Tama Telegraph. TRAER – Livestock auctions in the early days in northern Tama County were typically held by livestock breeders. Occasionally, ...

GMG Honor Society to induct new members Nov. 13

GARWIN – GMG's newest Honor Society members include (from left) Drayson Stephenson, Gracie Deal, Kenzie Bartel, Violet Jackson, and Ethan Klemesrud. The Induction Ceremony will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 13 at the secondary school in Garwin.

GMG Secondary School Veterans’ Day Program

GARWIN – On Tuesday, Nov. 11, beginning at 10 a.m. in the lower gym, GMG will host a Veterans Day program at the secondary school in Garwin. The event is open to the public. The ceremony should last between 30 and 45 minutes. Schedule as follows: –Introduction of Colors –Pledge of ...

Every minute counts

TOLEDO – The Monday, Oct. 20 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting started with some contentious discord. The subject of debate was one that has long been bubbling under the surface: the minutes. Auditor Karen Rohrs has been doing her job of taking and drafting minutes for each meeting ...

The plan to get a Comprehensive Land Use Plan

TOLEDO – Last week’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting started, as it often does, with Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske giving his weekly report. Daleske reported they are doing some ditch digging near 260th Street and C Avenue, while the cutting of berms and re-graveling on H ...

REBELS ROLL INTO QUARTERFINALS

GLADBROOK – In a game eerily similar to their defeat last week of Ar-We-Va, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck football team routed the Easton Valley River Hawks at home, 56-6, in a second round playoff on Halloween night in Gladbrook, racking up a whopping 470 yards including 382 rushing yards. But ...

Sweet 16 (votes)

REINBECK – On its third try in four years, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District has finally passed a school bond referendum. A mere 16 votes coupled with an unprecedented turnout in Grundy County for a school election pushed the district’s $17.3 million general obligation ...