TOLEDO – The birds were chirping in the trees, greeting another delightful, sunshine-filled morning, which held the last Tama County Supervisors meeting of the month on Monday, March 30. With Supervisor Curt Kupka absent, the roads report was briefly entertained with a supervisor mentioning ...

April will be an interesting month with several events happening that would be outstanding if it wasn’t for the conditions for observing them. Two events will involve comets, so while comets can be among the best sights in astronomy, it is hard to predict how bright they will be. The first ...

REINBECK – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District is excited to welcome our youngest learners from Gladbrook, Reinbeck, and surrounding communities! Program options include 3-year-old preschool which requires a monthly tuition and our tuition-free 4-year-old preschool for which ...

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 ...