IOWA – As Iowa’s black bear population becomes more permanent, lawmakers seek to end the “open season” on the bears by designating them a fur-bearing animal in the state. House File 2099 would add black bears to the state list of fur-bearing animals, which would give the Natural ...
TOLEDO – On Saturday morning, Jan. 31, at the Toledo Public Library, Democrat Clint Twedt-Ball, a candidate for U.S. House of Representatives District 2 — a seat currently held by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who is now running for a seat in the U.S. Senate — took three curious Tama ...
GLADBROOK – Tama County Republicans and Democrats caucused separately in several locations on the evening of Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, including at Gladbrook City Centre where half a dozen Republicans gathered to elect delegates for upcoming county and state conventions, submit party platform ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Board of Supervisors started the Monday, Jan. 26 meeting with the official canvass of the drainage election, but the real meat of the morning came later via a ceremony to officially designate Tama County a Home Base County with the Home Base Iowa (HBI) ...
IOWA – Despite a slight overall increase across the state, average land values in Marshall, Tama and Grundy counties all dropped slightly in 2025 compared to 2024 according to information released by the Iowa State University (ISU) Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) last ...
TOLEDO – A diverse group of skilled and willing citizens responded to Tama County Zoning Administrator Laura Wilson’s invitation to meet Tuesday, Jan. 20, in the Board of Supervisors room in Toledo to begin the process of developing a Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP). Attendees with ...
TRAER – Many years have passed since her days schlepping water bottles and tracking stats for the North Tama Redhawks football team, but that doesn’t mean Class of 2012 alumna Stephanie “Steph” Schroeder has forgotten her roots. And this Sunday, Feb. 8, as she covers the 2026 Super ...
GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook Legion and Auxiliary will meet on Monday, Feb. 16, beginning at 6:30 p.m. for a soup supper hosted by the Legion. Americanism Chr. Lisa Reinhard and Legislative Chairman Kay Lowry will be giving their reports. Each group will have their own meeting following the ...
GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck TK class visited Westbrook Acres recently to make “cute Valentine's Day glasses with their friends.”
Sun Courier Note: The following letter written by Superintendent Caleb Bonjour was shared by the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, on social media. The newspaper is printing the letter in its entirety below. I became aware of a recent post that was ...