GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook Women’s Club will host a Soup, Salad & Sandwiches Fundraiser on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Gladbrook Methodist Church’s Fellowship Hall (715 Lincoln Street). The menu includes chili, chicken noodle soup, broccoli cheese ...
TAMA – The Tama County Democratic Central Committee will host a candidate meet and greet Tuesday, Oct. 20, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Tama Ballroom located at 1411 E. Fifth Street, Tama. Candidates slated to attend as of presstime include John Norwood of West Des Moines who is running for ...
IOWA – After one of the wettest Septembers on record, corn and soybean conditions are dipping slightly as farmers have had scarce opportunities to harvest, according to last week’s crop progress and condition report. Corn condition rated 72% good to excellent for the Sept. 28 through ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The town of Gladbrook may be small by population standards, but when it comes to the impact of its local American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) Unit, the community punches well above its weight class and has recently earned national recognition for doing so. During this year’s ...
REINBECK – Belonging. It’s a feeling many people seek but don’t always find. That’s why the Community Enrichment Center (CEC) of Reinbeck formed back in 2019 and continues to expand its offerings. A nonprofit, it’s located at 504 Clark Street in what was first a Lutheran Church ...
TAMA COUNTY – Tama County Treasurer Amanda Kriegel will seek another term through a write-in campaign after falling short of the Republican nomination earlier this year. Kriegel announced the decision on her campaign Facebook page late last month, setting up another general election contest ...
TAMA – Independent congressional candidate Dave Bushaw spent about an hour and a half making his case for a different kind of politics while visiting Tama County on Saturday, Sept. 26, frequently turning the conversation back to the people sitting around the table. Bushaw, the no-party ...
REINBECK – This past August, the Reinbeck Public Library was awarded a generous $750 grant from Alliant Energy for its increasingly necessary Need One, Take One shelves. The Need One, Take One shelves are situated in the library's entryway on the south side of the building, and offer ...
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law last Friday a measure changing a state economic development program that could provide nearly $1.4 billion in tax incentives for a $15 billion steel mill project planned in southeast Iowa. “Today, we advance the most consequential economic ...
TOLEDO – Under an early morning gray sky, a few citizens had enough energy and gumption to venture out into the dreary morning and make it to the Monday, Sept. 28 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. While the public comment time had its own interesting moments, as a representative from ...