REINBECK – Record collectors, vinyl lovers, music enthusiasts and beer drinkers are invited to come out to The Dig Inn on Saturday, April 20, starting around 11 a.m. for the annual Record Store Day. Record Store Day – which first took hold in 2008 — is an annual event meant to celebrate ...
TOLEDO – Rows and rows of citizens sat eagerly awaiting the 15 minutes of public comment time to express their opinions on the agenda during last Monday’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting, with one even telecommuting to have his say. The agenda item that caused such a stir was a ...
GRUNDY CENTER – A judge has awarded jobless benefits to an Iowa nurse who quit her job at a care facility that has a history of issues with staffing and resident abuse. State records indicate Jessica M. Nelson worked at the Grundy Care Center from February 2023 to January 2024, when she ...
A total solar eclipse was visible from the United States this past Monday, April 8. While Iowa was not in the path of totality which stretched from Texas to Maine in a narrow band, the state did experience somewhere between 70 to 85 percent of the eclipse depending on location. The peak time ...
GLADBROOK – On March 14 Alyssa and Erinn from Select Therapy at Unity Point Hospital in Marshalltown presented our program. They talked about exercises that we could do for strength, flexibility, and balance. We were shown a few to do and given a printout to use at home. Co-President Avriel ...
DES MOINES – Mercedes Wedeking of Reinbeck has been named to the Dean's List for the Winter 2024 quarter at Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must attain a grade point average (GPA) between 3.50 and 3.749, in their most recent ...
WATERLOO – Hawkeye Community College will host a public open house for the newly-renovated Grundy Hall on Thursday, April 18, 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Hawkeye’s Main Campus located at 1501 E. Orange Road in Waterloo. After a two-year, $21 million renovation, Grundy Hall was transformed into a ...
DYSART – Tama Benton Cooperative is sponsoring a Community Shred Day event on Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to noon (or until the truck is filled). This free, drive-through drop-off will take place at their Dysart Office located at 504 Estelle St. and is open to community members and ...
TOLEDO – “The School for Spies” is coming to The Wieting Theatre in Toledo. This musical is designed for students of all levels of theater experience. Campers will audition, rehearse, and perform a musical alongside three professional teaching artists… in one week. “The School for ...
IOWA – After the second driest February on record, above-normal rainfall in March helped improve some drought conditions across Iowa, according to the latest Water Summary Update. March’s preliminary precipitation was 2.50 inches, or 0.51 inches above normal. At the end of March, ...