DYSART – After first leasing office space in downtown Dysart more than two years ago, the Virginia-based company Apex Clean Energy – better known by its commercial wind energy project name, Winding Stair Wind – has terminated its leases with Tama County landowners. “Apex Clean ...
Embrace the Luck of the Irish: Donate Blood this St. Patrick's Day Season! Every 2 seconds, someone needs a lifesaving blood transfusion. Your local hospital relies entirely on blood donors from the community through LifeServe. Let's paint the town green with acts of kindness! Roll up your ...
Tama County SKIP (Supporting Kids in Prevention) is partnering with the local movie theaters in Traer, Gladbrook, and the Wieting Theatre to offer a FREE Family Movie Night for Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month. We believe that protecting children is everyone’s business and want to ...
OTTER CREEK – A night of fun awaits area families on April 13 at the Tama County Nature Center! As part of Tama County Conservation’s annual Family Fun Night celebration, there will be food, games, trivia, live animal encounters, a silent auction, a gun raffle, and more. Proceeds from ...
Again this year, Free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) is available to those in Tama County, according to Barb Wollan of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The service is only possible thanks to the efforts of several local volunteers and continues through mid-March. In ...
DYSART – Four state legislators whose districts cover a portion of Tama County sat down for some caffeine and kolaches with their constituents at Harper’s Public House in Dysart last Saturday morning as part of a legislative forum hosted by the Tama County Farm Bureau. Legislators in ...
OELWEIN — When the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys’ basketball team beat 10th-ranked Kee Community in last Saturday’s Class 1A Substate 6 final, only the Rebels expected it. It’s those same expectations that got G-R that far in the first place. Senior point guard Isaac Clark scored a ...
TOLEDO – Last week's Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting started off many locals’ Tuesday morning the right way. The county engineer began the meeting with his report, stating they have been out blading and shaping up roads. Brush cutting will be done starting at D65 and then moving ...
Iowa native, Linda Betsinger McCann, will be speaking about her newest book, “Rosie the Riveters of Iowa,” at several local libraries in March. Everyone is invited and there is no admission charge. Rosie the Riveter was the nickname given to the women who worked during World War II. The ...
Congratulations to Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s February Character Award recipients! Those honored in February include TK students Callen Bueghly and Caysen Voshell; kindergarten students Evah Miller, Brecken Thede, Audie Lehmann, Tucker Rodenbourn-Kartous, and Teagyn Schick; first graders Samuel ...