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 ...
TRAER – Traer’s only pharmacy was set to abruptly shutter this past Tuesday, March 31, following an announcement that four NuCara Pharmacy locations in Iowa are closing and the company is reportedly being acquired by OneroRX/Medicap. Alongside Traer, NuCara pharmacies in Conrad, Ackley, ...
MARSHALLTOWN/TOLEDO – Over the last few years – and thanks to a pair of contracts signed with the boards of supervisors in each county – the Marshalltown Area Chamber of Commerce has expanded its economic development reach well beyond the Marshalltown city limits and across all of the ...
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 ...
TOLEDO – The snow had melted away, taking with it the last remnants of a lingering winter; the seasons were changing, the sun was shining, and it was again Monday, time for the Tama County Board of Supervisors’ March 24 meeting. If you were going to miss a meeting, this was the one to ...
GLADBROOK – On March 12, 2026, the Gladbrook Women’s Club held its March membership meeting at the Methodist Church. Joan Hayward Helm presented from the Tama County Historical Society. She brought booklets about the Gladbrook School and Women’s Group in addition to several other items ...
Senior Dinner The Gladbrook area Senior Citizens Dinner will be held on Thursday, April 9, beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Memorial Building. Please note, the dinner is taking place on a Thursday (not Friday). Dinner will be served by the Gladbrook Women’s Club. Call Jeanne to make ...
REINBECK – Chapter 1: First Impressions, the first phase in the Reinbeck Public Library’s ambitious remodeling project, is now officially in the books. “[Homefront Builders] finished last week. We mad-scrambled and had the doors open [to the Clark Street entrance] on Wednesday. It’s ...
GRUNDY CENTER – Last week Friday at 5 p.m. the county filing deadline passed for Iowa’s Tuesday, June 2, 2026 primary election. The offices of Grundy County attorney, recorder, and treasurer as well as two seats on the Board of Supervisors, will be on the ballot locally. The deadline for ...