As the COVID-19 pandemic incomprehensibly nears the year three milestone, positive case counts related to the most recently discovered omicron variant have been surging through the state. In Tama County, the seven-day positivity rate has reached an all-time high of 33 percent according to data ...
Representative Dave Maxwell (R-Deep River) announced this week his reelection bid for the Iowa House. Maxwell currently represents House District 76 comprising all of Poweshiek County and twelve townships in Iowa County. Under the newly confirmed redistricting maps, Maxwell will run for ...
Jason M. Reicks is pictured receiving his five-year service award from Gary Mauer, Grundy County Engineer during the Grundy County Board of Supervisors meeting on Jan. 10. Reicks is an employee of the Grundy County Secondary Road Department. – Contributed photo
Today’s sunshine has finally warmed enough to melt some of the snow from last Friday’s snowstorm, so we welcomed a good crowd to the Legion’s annual Volunteer Appreciation soup supper for the local fire department and ambulance crew. We were pleased to meet several of those young men who ...
Samples from nearly 5,000 deer have been tested as part of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) effort to monitor for chronic wasting disease, resulting in 36 confirmed positives from the 2021-2022 hunting season. The samples were collected over the past 10 months from willing ...
The Gladbrook-Reinbeck Booster Club Hall of Fame celebration returned this winter after a year hiatus in early 2021. Close to 100 G-R Rebels gathered at the Oak Leaf Country Club near Reinbeck to honor a group of inductees that included past G-R athletic teams as well as fans, school ...
With the emergence of Iowa-based TV shows like American Pickers and West End Salvage in the early 2010s, the state of Iowa has become a focal point for the antique and collectible picking industry. In late 2021 Todd Eckhart opened up what could become Reinbeck’s claim within the Iowa picker ...
Days after returning from the winter break, students at Green Mountain-Garwin (GMG) Secondary School are back at home to start the second week of the new year. On Saturday morning, district officials announced that the secondary facility in Garwin had experienced a major water pipe breakage ...
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help with information regarding a string of burglaries that occurred in Dike and Reinbeck in the early morning of Jan. 5. According to a press release, the sheriff’s office was first called to a burglary in progress at a ...
The Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebels shot into the new year like a bullet from a gun. Coming off a 20-point victory over previously undefeated North Mahaska and a proper throttling of the North Tama Redhawks (73-39) to end the fall semester, it might have been easy for the Rebels to let their foot off ...