TOLEDO – The Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors was swift and to the point. The meeting started with Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske, saying that they have been “out and about,” dealing with the snow. They are preparing for more winter weather by ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Coe College is recognizing its highest performing students as members of the Dean's List, including Wesley Latchman of Reinbeck who is currently among this elite group. Latchman has been named to the prestigious Fall 2025 Dean's List at Coe in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Past members ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Annaliese Roegner of Gladbrook was among over half of Belmont University's undergraduate students named to the fall 2025 semester Dean's List. Approximately 55% of the University's 6,934 undergraduate students qualified this semester. "The high percentage of students ...
IOWA – The Iowa DNR is releasing a series on chronic wasting disease, to provide the latest information and online tools to one of our most important partners– Iowa’s deer hunters. This series will be released in four parts; topics include: -Sampling and Testing Iowa Deer -New ...
IOWA – The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) detected a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI) in a commercial turkey flock in Hamilton County, Iowa, on ...
GLADBROOK – On Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, GMG Elementary students in grades fifth and sixth took a field trip to Westbrook Acres in Gladbrook as part of the school’s annual tradition of caroling with the nursing facility’s residents. Per a post on social media following the trip, the ...
GLADBROOK – For the second year running, Gladbrook’s beloved Kids Shopping Day took place amid a significant winter storm. But not even intense snowfall and cold temperatures could stop more than 170 children from attending (with their caregivers) the 13th annual event held last Saturday ...
PALMYRA, SYRIA — A Marshalltown National Guardsman who grew up in the community, graduated from Marshalltown High School in 2014 and worked as a laser engraving specialist at Emerson was killed in a terrorist attack by a lone ISIS gunman in Palmyra, Syria, early Saturday morning, Dec. 13, ...
GLADBROOK – Over the last year with an omelet breakfast, a chicken supper, and donations to the Gladbrook Commercial Club, enough money was raised to purchase new holiday lights for the light poles along Second (main) Street. We appreciate all those who ate breakfast and/or supper with us, ...
GREEN MOUNTAIN — Residents of Green Mountain have been waiting several years to see ground broken for its sanitary sewer project. They will have to wait a little longer, but some understand. “We expect to see construction start early spring of 2026,” said Matt Mahler, the CEO of Iowa ...