GREEN MOUNTAIN – The Gladbrook Legion & Auxiliary along with the Jr. Auxiliary will be hosting a flag raising program at GMG Elementary in Green Mountain on Monday, Aug. 25, at 10:10 a.m. This is GMG’s first day of school for the 2025-26 year. Americanism Chairman Lisa Reinhard will be ...
TOLEDO – During the Monday, Aug. 4 meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors, the supervisors discussed the condition of the county’s roads and vowed to work toward ensuring better outcomes going forward. As part of his report early in the meeting, County Engineer Ben Daleske told ...
IOWA – Drought conditions improved statewide due to above-normal precipitation totals in July, according to the latest Water Summary Update. With more than double the expected precipitation, last month ranks as the second wettest July in 153 years of records, behind July 1993. Drought and ...
MORRISON – Don’t miss this upcoming free event for families and history enthusiasts alike! Join Grundy County Conservation on Sunday, September 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Grundy County Heritage Museum grounds in Morrison for a day of food, entertainment, and live demonstrations of ...
GLADBROOK - Are you new to town? Or perhaps just looking to meet new people? Do you have a desire to give back? Then the Gladbrook Young Women Club might be for you! The Club invites all ladies of the community to an open house set for Tuesday, Sept. 9, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at City Centre. ...
DES MOINES – Riah Schrage of Grundy County was crowned the 2025 Iowa State Fair Queen on Saturday, Aug. 9, on the Anne and Bill Riley Stage on the fairgrounds in Des Moines. The daughter of Landon and Cassie Schrage, Riah was chosen out of the 102 contestants who advanced from local ...
REINBECK – For all the accolades Drew Eilers has reaped during his high school career at Gladbrook-Reinbeck, his most recent – the 2024-25 Spring-Summer Corn Belt Award and Scholarship from Bound and Wyffels Hybrids – might just be his ‘sweetest’ yet. On Wednesday, July 30, right ...
REINBECK – All three downtown storefronts selected this year by the Reinbeck Development Committee to receive facade improvement grants have completed construction and are ready for the reveal! This week the Sun Courier is showcasing the new facade for The Dig Inn located at 113 Broad Street ...
GRUNDY CENTER – For Kinzee Hemann, a rising junior at Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School, this summer’s county fair season has been nothing short of extraordinary. A longtime 4-H and FFA member, Hemann showed four pigs at the Grundy County Fair last month and came away with some ...
TOLEDO – Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) is pleased to announce Abe Dieleman of rural Toledo and Ryan Hosek of rural Traer have been selected to each receive a $1,000 local college scholarship through the SWCD’s outreach programming. Dieleman is a Green ...