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Hinson talks small business in Tama County

With the condition of the U.S. economy at the forefront of conversations from Wall Street down to the kitchen table this year, it came as no surprise that U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) would be focusing on business-related issues during a central Iowa swing through tour last week. On ...

Search begins for Iowa’s best burger

Iowa’s beef producers are asking their fellow Iowans to help find Iowa’s Best Burger in 2022. In this year’s quest, the Iowa Beef Industry Council (IBIC) and the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association (ICA) are encouraging you to nominate your favorite burger, whether it’s gourmet or down-home ...

The not-so-newlywed game at Peace Church

Remember the Newly Wed game show on TV? It made many of us laugh because of the funny or revealing answers. It helped those who were already married to see some of the silly and comical ways they communicated in marriage. One local church is bringing the game show format back on Sunday ...

Rebels rise back to the top

Clinching the NICL West title in front of a home crowd is good. Beating rivals in a playoff-style matchup with physical play, less-than-stellar shooting and 23 points from the team’s best player? That sounds like a near-perfect scenario. It was a gritty, hard-fought 55-47 win for the No. 6 ...

Serving his country, honoring his doctor

While deployed to Iraq, Sgt. Grant Day, a Black Hawk helicopter door gunner and mechanic for the Iowa Army National Guard, flew a flag he had hanging in his quarters on a Black Hawk during a mission. When Day returned home, he presented the flag and a certificate signed by the Black Hawk crew ...

Meggers making a run at open House 54 seat

With the decennial census and legislative redistricting process recently completed, portions of the State House and State Senate maps have been left without an incumbent candidate headed into the 2022 November election. For the past 10 years the city of Reinbeck and Grundy County have been ...

GMG schools eyeing early March for full return to classrooms

A month after a water pipe break caused major damage at the GMG Secondary school in Garwin, progress has remained steady toward a target of March 6 for all junior high and senior high students to return to 100 percent in-person learning. On Jan. 7 Secondary Principal Jaimie Gargas and teacher ...

Community hospital supplies available

The medical equipment that has been housed in the old ambulance building in Gladbrook has been moved to the Gladbrook Chapel of the Anderson Funeral Home. This equipment has been donated to the ambulance service and the Gladbrook Legion and Auxiliary organizations. The supplies include ...

Rebels qualify two groups to state speech

After weeks and months of choosing events and rehearsing parts, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Large Group Speech team got the opportunity to leave it all on the stage last weekend. The Rebels traveled to Waterloo West High School for the annual District Large Group Speech Contest on Saturday, Jan. ...