GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook Women’s Club recently donated a microwave and dish drainer for use at the Tama County Fair food stand this past week. Accepting the donation is Christy Flamme, third from right.
GRUNDY CENTER – Jacob Monaghan, left, was recently honored for 10 years of service to Grundy County as a member of the Secondary Roads Department. County Engineer Jeff Skalberg, right, presented Monaghan with his service award.
DES MOINES — Two books published within the last year — one written by a Clutier-based author and one focused on the history of the Meskwaki Settlement — were recognized during the annual Excellence in Iowa History awards ceremony at the State Historical Society Museum in Des Moines on ...
TOLEDO – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Tama County will be hosting a ServSafe® food safety certification class in Toledo on Aug. 12. Holly VanHeel, Human Sciences Extension and Outreach Specialist, will be teaching the class. VanHeel has been a ServSafe® instructor since ...
TRAER – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is conducting 11 in-person farmland lease meetings in Central Iowa in early August. Meeting sites include Altoona, Ames, Boone, Grinnell, Grundy Center, Indianola, Knoxville, Newton, Marshalltown, Oskaloosa, and Traer. Participants will ...
GLADBROOK – Rhianna Murty of Gladbrook was crowned the 2025 Tama County Fair Queen this past Tuesday evening at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook. She was vying for the honor alongside fellow candidates Lauren Keller of Gladbrook, Rylee Ridout of rural Vining, and Belle Werner of Toledo. Moments ...
REINBECK AND GARWIN - As Americans across the country celebrated Independence Day on Friday, July 4, Reinbeck hosted its annual 4th of July celebration while nearby Garwin hosted its own Freedom Days festival. The bulk of the activities in both communities were held in the towns’ ...
REINBECK – As operations manager for the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District, Shane Hawkins spends a good portion of his days ensuring the district’s facilities are maintained to the best of his ability – an increasingly tall task in light of the ever-deteriorating conditions ...
TOLEDO – The possibility of Tama County heading to trial over the Board of Supervisors’ Jan. 6, 2025 wind moratorium became more likely when the judge in the Feb. 5, 2025 case Salt Creek Wind, LLC v. Tama County Board of Supervisors/Tama County denied the County’s motion to dismiss ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — Emotions ran high inside the Linn County Courthouse on Wednesday, July 2, as the first degree murder trial of Karina Cooper, a rural Traer resident accused of killing her husband Ryan on June 18, 2021, began with opening arguments from the prosecution and defense. Aaron ...