GARWIN – GMG Secondary recently announced the Fall 2025 Academic Awards recipients. Congratulations to all the honorees! Superintendent’s Honor Roll: Students must earn straight As and a 4.0 grade point average. Recipients include seventh-graders Jenna Beichley, Adeline Kulhavy, Dayton ...
TOLEDO – Thirty-plus people gathered last Friday (Jan. 9, 2026) afternoon to experience Republican Adam Steen, candidate for Iowa governor, at his campaign stop held in Toledo at Holy Grounds Coffee. The event was hosted by local Iowa House Rep. Dean Fisher (R-Montour) and started off with an ...
TAMA COUNTY – Free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) is again available in Tama County, according to Cheryl Bruene of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The service is only possible thanks to the efforts of dedicated local volunteers, and begins in early February In ...
TRAER – Is your balance not as good as it used to be? Worried about falling? We have a solution for you! Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention is a gentle exercise that helps improve strength, balance, coordination, and flexibility. It’s a relaxing form of movement that comes from ...
PELLA – Central College recognizes students each semester who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement by naming them to the Dean's List. Earning this honor is: Sophia Folkerts, Reinbeck, in the Class of 2026. This distinction is reserved for those who have earned a semester ...
STORM LAKE – Buena Vista University congratulates more than 560 students who were named to the Fall 2025 Dean's List. The Dean's List recognizes full-time students achieving a 3.5 grade point average or higher for the semester. Local honorees include: –Haven Bovenmyer of ...
TRAER – Next weekend, Jan. 16-17, the trails in and around Namakagon (Namekagon) Lake in northwestern Wisconsin near the town of Cable will echo once again with the sound of the late Ryan “Lil Coop” Cooper’s snowmobile as Aaron Cooper takes the helm of his older brother’s beloved ...
IRVINE PRAIRIE – Under a pristinely blue winter sky and amid pleasantly brisk temperatures, local conservationist Cathy Irvine breathed new life into the mostly-forgotten New Year’s Day tradition of farmers checking fences and walking property lines by leading the newspaper on a ‘First ...
NEWTON COUNTY, Ark. — After being missing for 18 days, the body of Garwin resident Nicholas Collins has been found. An Arkansas State Trooper with the Emergency Response Team found Collins on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in Newton County, Ark. According to a press release by the Newton County ...
GRUNDY CENTER – On Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, the Grundy County Board of Supervisors held the annual reorganizational meeting. During the meeting, District 2 Supervisor Heidi Nederhoff (R-Wellsburg) was again appointed chairperson, while District 1 Supervisor LJ Kopsa (R-Beaman) was appointed ...