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Corteva celebrates 80th Anniversary of Dysart facility

To celebrate 80 years of serving farmers, the Corteva Agriscience production facility in Dysart welcomed the community during an Open House on June 17. Approximately 150 guests, including local farmers, retired employees and community members, attended the event. Team members led ...

Wickam honored as ‘Best of the Class’

Chloe Wickam from GMG High School was honored as a member of the 2022 Best of the Class. KWWL and the University of Northern Iowa recognized valedictorians or top graduating seniors from across eastern Iowa at a celebration on Saturday, May 21 at the Maucker Union on the UNI campus. KWWL Vice ...

Preserve summer bounty with local ISU extension classes

Preserving your garden’s summer bounty is a great way to enjoy your home-grown produce year-round – as long as you don’t serve food borne illness, like botulism, with your home-preserved foods, say specialists with Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach. “Home food ...

GMG baseball falls in first round of playoffs

Belle Plaine put an end to GMG baseball’s season Saturday, July 2, with a 10-4 victory in the first round of Class 1A District 5 action. GMG ends the campaign with an 8-13 record. The Wolverines scored two runs in the third inning to get within 5-2 and then scored two more in the bottom of ...

Rebels rise to rebuff Royals

Sun Courier note: The second district semifinal between Gladbrook-Reinbeck and No. 5 Don Bosco on Tuesday, July 5, was suspended due to inclement weather with the score 9-5 G-R in the fourth inning. The game will resume at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, and the winner will take on North Tama ...

Little Free Pantries popping up in Tama County

Tama County ISU Extension and Outreach, along with several others, has been working this summer to place Little Free Pantries throughout the county. The pantries were built for this project by students in a construction class at GMG High School this past spring and are being stocked by local ...

Gladbrook Corn Carnival 2022 Grand Parade winners

There were an amazing number of outstanding entries in the 2022 Gladbrook Corn Carnival Grand Parade. Winners in the “Local Commercial” include: First place, Gladbrook Insurance, Annie Stocker; Second place, Pie Lady, Laura Bru; Third place, Hometown Family Market. Peace Church won First ...

Petition filed against Tama Co. supervisors over wind ordinance reaffirmation

After asking the Tama Co. Board of Supervisors week after week to consider enacting a moratorium on future industrial wind energy projects – only to have the requests denied or dismissed – a petition has been filed against the board by a member of the coalition Tama County Against Turbines ...

Grundy County Memorial Hospital project groundbreaking held June 29

Grundy County Memorial Hospital is marking its upcoming 70th anniversary by kicking off a $31 million project to improve its surgery, laboratory, and imaging departments. Groundbreaking for the new hospital addition is set for Wednesday, June 29 in Grundy Center, and caps a three-year planning ...

Gladbrook Senior Citizens Dinner announced

The next Senior Citizens Dinner will be held on Friday, July 8, beginning at 11:30 a.m., at the Memorial Building hosted by the Gladbrook American Legion Auxiliary. Dine-in or have a dinner delivered. It’s a Western Dinner Hoedown so for dining-in feel free to dress in your favorite western ...