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Gladbrook-Reinbeck School back-to-school details released

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Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School parents will receive “mail-in” registration information for the 2022-2023 school year via the US Postal Service around July 15, 2022. This packet will include information on how to register school-aged children. For the 2022-2023 School Year, parents may ...

Rebels’ season ends in round two of playoffs

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Ty Purdy put out the fire that Gladbrook-Reinbeck had started a night earlier. The Don Bosco junior right-hander pitched 4 1/3 innings of relief to quell the Rebels and help the fifth-ranked Dons advance to the Class 1A District 7 baseball finals, beating G-R 11-10 in the Wednesday, July 6 ...

Reinbeck Class of ‘72 celebrates 50th reunion

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The class of 1972 gathered at the rural home of Curt and Cindy Plaehn on the evening of Saturday, July 9, to celebrate their 50th class reunion. On Friday night the class hosted a reunion of the Reinbeck High School classes of 1971 through 1975 at the Fox Ridge Winery in rural Traer. Sixty-plus ...

Tama County Legion and Auxiliary held Flag Disposal Ceremony

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Members of the Tama County Legion and Auxiliary met on Tuesday, June 28, at Gladbrook with a meal at 6:30 p.m. The Gladbrook Auxiliary provided meat and salad with others bringing a dessert to share. After the meal, the Legion held a flag disposal ceremony for flags that were not serviceable ...

Farmland Leasing meeting to be held August 3 in Toledo

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Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will hold a farmland leasing meeting for landowners and tenants on Wednesday, August 3, at 1:00 p.m. at the Tama County Extension office located at 203 W. High Street in Toledo. Meetings are two hours long and will cover a variety of subtopics ...

The Wall That Heals set to visit Tama August 4-7

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The Wall That Heals – a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial along with a mobile Education Center – is set to visit The Meskwaki Settlement School in Tama, August 4-7. The exhibit will be open 24 hours a day and is free to the public. The Wall That Heals honors ...

Tama Co. Conservation to hire new naturalist

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In the wake of last month’s swearing-in of new park officer Riley Conrad and the recent hiring of naturalist intern Coralee Bodeker, another new hire is now on the horizon for Tama County Conservation as naturalist Brendan Kelly recently announced his plans to resign. During the July 6 ...

Murty crowned Queen of the Tama County Fair

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Two exceptional candidates vied for the title of Tama County Fair Queen this year – Kaylea Duden of Garwin and Kaylynn Murty of rural Tama. During Tuesday evening’s Opening Ceremony of the Fair held at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook – following a speech detailing the perseverance and ...