WYOMING – In her freshman season on the mats for North Tama, rural Gladbrook student-athlete Alaney Sienknecht is headed to the state tournament. During last Friday’s Class 1A Region 5 state qualifier at Midland, Sienknecht closed out the meet by outlasting West Branch junior Gisele ...
AREA – A strong cold front pushing an Arctic air mass put much of the Midwest, including Iowa, into the freezer beginning during the overnight hours of Thursday, Jan. 22, and continuing through this past Monday. Per the National Weather Service in Des Moines, the coldest conditions ...
DES MOINES — The Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) is pleased to announce that Dean Frazer of Conrad has been named the new President of the Association during the organization’s 2026 Annual Meeting held on January 20 in Des Moines. Frazer succeeds outgoing president Aaron Juergens ...
DES MOINES – The Iowa Quarter Horse Association (IQHA) held its annual awards banquet in Des Moines on January 10, 2026 to honor their year-end award winners from their 2025 show season. The evening included the induction of RL Styling Rey, owned by Gary and Tracy Thede of Reinbeck into the ...
MARSHALLTOWN – Marshalltown residents and those in the surrounding area should be prepared for numerous bicyclists in town this July as the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) comes to the community. On Saturday, Jan. 24, Marshalltown was named one of the overnight ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Board of Supervisors gathered on Tuesday, Jan. 20, after having Monday off for Martin Luther King Jr Day. The most interesting item on the agenda was also the most somber – on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske submitted his resignation. ...
February will be a good month for planets. All the visible planets except Mars, which is too close to the Sun, will be in the sky during at least some of the evenings. For most of every night, very bright Jupiter will outshine everything in the sky except the Moon. It will be unmistakable to ...
DES MOINES – Leaders of the Iowa Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee centered their remarks Monday, Jan. 19, around water quality policies and improvements for the state. Committee Chair Sen. Annette Sweeney (R-Iowa Falls) said that as someone who has personally implemented ...
ALBION — Wade Dooley, a sixth-generation farmer from Albion, announced his campaign for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship as a Democrat in a press release issued on Tuesday, Jan. 13. Dooley, who operates his family’s Century Farm northwest of Marshalltown and owns a custom ...
WATERLOO – The following are Hawkeye Community College December 2025 graduates and their programs of study in the local area. –Mercedes Fink; Clutier; Associate Degree Nursing; AAS –Samuel Snyder; Clutier; EMT Certificate –Lucas Albertsen; Dysart; Welding; Certificate; Honors ...