TOLEDO – Eide Bailly LLP recently released an audit report on Tama County, Iowa. Financial Highlights The County’s revenues totaled $27,134,250 for the year ended June 30, 2025, a 5.2% increase from 2024. Expenses for the year ended June 30, 2025, totaled $24,718,374, a 7.3% increase ...
TOLEDO – Local elected officials and community leaders across Iowa can register this spring for Iowa State University Extension and Outreach’s Introduction to Planning and Zoning for Local Officials, a three-hour workshop focused on land-use issues that shape development patterns, business ...
REINBECK – The Center, a 4,500-square-foot fitness facility built as a tribute to the Snow family’s deep roots in the community, will transition to new ownership effective May 1, 2026 – marking an exciting new chapter while preserving its founding legacy. Founded by Reinbeck native ...
GARWIN – The Garwin Ambulance hosted the community's longstanding annual Easter egg hunt on the morning of Saturday, April 4, in Garwin Park in tandem with the Garwin Enrichment League’s (GEL) community breakfast hosted inside the Community Shelter House. More than 1,400 eggs were filled ...
MARSHALLTOWN – Garwin native Michelle Burgess of Marshalltown wears two hats in the business world. One is that of a training and development manager for Emerson Process Management (EPM) in Marshalltown. The second is owner of a Real Deals retail store on East Main Street, also in ...
REINBECK – Peoples Savings Bank is rallying in a big way for Reinbeck’s Elmwood Park Improvement Project, recently committing to a $10,000 match challenge. “[Peoples Savings Bank] was approached by a member of the park board who pitched the idea to us. We loved the match opportunity ...
CONRAD — Dean Frazer was given a pig to raise when he was eight years old. At nine, he purchased a Hampshire sow for a 4-H project. Fifty-two years later, he is still doing it albeit on a much larger scale. And he has help from his spouse Linda, son Grant and daughter-in-law ...
REINBECK – The fifth day of this summer’s 7-day RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) route is set to make tracks through Reinbeck right around the lunch hour. Last Friday, April 3, RAGBRAI organizers announced the pass-through towns for this year’s ride. After ...
REINBECK – Gladbrook-Reinbeck FFA is excited to announce that we received the Superior National Chapter Award for actively implementing the mission of FFA and meeting the National Quality Chapter Standards. This is the first time Gladbrook-Reinbeck FFA has received this award in recent ...
GARWIN – If you saw several tractors touring the streets of Garwin last week Wednesday, April 1, it was not some sort of April Fool’s shenanigans but rather GMG FFA students on their way to school as part of the chapter’s annual Drive Your Tractor to School Day. FFA members first met in ...