GARWIN – The Garwin Legion Post #71 has to replace 50 of the 90 flags at the Garwin Cemetery used primarily on Memorial Day and Veterans Day. The cost of the flags will be $1,250. Pat Smith has made 250 Worry Worms at a cost of $5 each, and the proceeds will go towards the purchase of the ...
TOLEDO – Supervisors are moving on to Phase II. As the morning dew reflected the bright, new day sunlight shining overhead, only a couple of regulars decided to show up for the Monday, Aug. 11 meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors, making for a sparse crowd. The meeting was ...
September will be an exciting month in the sky. For the first time in several months, there will be a bright planet in the evening to observe. Saturn will rise in the east before it is fully dark and pass through the southern sky during the night. It will be the only bright object in this dark ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present “Coin Trivia Quiz” with Jeff Shaw on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St., Toledo. Come and test your knowledge of those little pieces of history we carry around in our purses and pockets, lose ...
DES MOINES – On Friday, Aug. 15, volunteers with the Tama County Cattlemen’s Association spent much of the day working in the Cattlemen’s Beef Quarters at the Iowa State Fair, serving up all things beef from salt beef bagels for breakfast to hot beef sundaes and double bacon cheeseburgers ...
DES MOINES – Delaney Petersen, a Gladbrook-Reinbeck Class of 2024 alumna, represented her alma mater in the FFA lamb shows at the 2025 Iowa State Fair. Delaney will graduate from Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) this coming December.
DES MOINES – Tama County Sheriff Casey Schmidt, right, and Deputy Jacob Murphy spent part of Thursday, Aug. 7 working the Iowa State Sheriffs and Deputies Association (ISSDA) booth at the Iowa State Fair. “We had a great time visiting with folks, answering questions, and talking about what ...
GLADBROOK – Gladbrook firefighters put on a spark of a show for those in attendance at the Gladbrook-Lincoln Ambulance community meet and greet this past Sunday by capping off the event with an extraction demonstration in the fire station back parking lot. “Usually, on a scene, you ...
IOWA CITY - On what would have been the first day of his murder trial in the death of Ryan Cooper, defendant Huston William Danker, 27, pleaded out to the single charge of murder in the first degree on Tuesday, Aug. 12. According to Keith Greenberg, a producer with Dateline NBC who was ...
GLADBROOK – When the Panther Pavillion was dedicated earlier this summer on June 14, it stood as a tribute to the students, families and school classes that comprised the community of Gladbrook. Each of the almost 400 bricks has a unique story behind the inscribed name(s). Those stories ...