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Gov. Reynolds issues disaster proclamation for five counties including Grundy

DES MOINES – On Monday, April 20, Governor Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation for Carroll, Crawford, Grundy, Harrison, and Washington Counties in response to severe weather that occurred April 13, 2026, and continuing. Governor Reynolds’ proclamation allows state resources to be ...

Gladbrook Women’s Club holds April meeting

GLADBROOK – On April 9, 2026, the Gladbrook Women’s Club held its monthly membership meeting and Senior Citizens Luncheon at the Gladbrook Memorial Building. Becky Thoms Fevold presented regarding TF Clydesdales. This is a family-owned generational business. She had several photos, showed ...

Gladbrook Senior Dinner set for May 8

GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook area Senior Citizens Dinner will be held on Friday, May 8, beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Peace Church with the Guild serving. Everyone 55 years old and up are invited to attend. Call Jeanne at 641-751-2039 for reservations.

Supervisor from Sicily

TOLEDO – Supervisor David Turner (R-Tama) telecommunicated from Sicily to attend last week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting Monday, April 13. You couldn’t see him, but you could hear him a few-second delay behind the rest. The meeting started out with two Windstream utility permits ...

Boyer inducted into Beta Beta Beta honor society

WAVERLY – Wartburg College student Lauren Boyer of Reinbeck was inducted March 25 into the Beta Beta Beta Honor Society as an associate member. Beta Beta Beta is dedicated to improving the understanding of biological study and research. Students must have completed at least three biology ...

G-R choral students attend IHSMA State Solo/Small Ensemble Festival

GILBERTVILLE – A trio of Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School Choir students participated in the Iowa High School Music Association’s (IHSMA) Class 1A State Solo and Small Ensemble Festival Saturday, April 18, at Don Bosco High School in Gilbertville. Pictured at the festival from left, vocalists ...

Acton unveils 80th Matchstick Marvel: Cinderella Castle

GLADBROOK – Patrick “Pat” Acton created his first model out of matchsticks in 1977, a church, using 500 matchsticks. This year he completed his 80th piece – Disney’s Cinderella Castle – using 607,000 matchsticks. His career total: a whopping 9,767,772 matchsticks used. He began ...

Mass saved, for some

AREA – The physical journey to church will soon be changing for many area Catholics. In the face of “sobering realities,” Archbishop Thomas Zinkula announced last Saturday the Archdiocese of Dubuque’s final pastorate plan to reshuffle 160 Catholic parishes across northeast Iowa ...

Tama County Home Health Care lives another year

TOLEDO – “With the case load we had,” Stacy Koeppen, CEO and Executive Director of Tama County Public Health and Home Care, said, “we were just at the verge of breaking even, when all this started. … We had referrals flooding in, so we would’ve been coming in above by next year. ...