GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook community will kick-off the holiday season with the 27th annual Christmas Tree Lighting Festivities, which will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 4, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. It will also be the lighting of the 19th Festival of Trees in the City Center. The theme is “Barnyard ...
GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook American Legion Auxiliary hosted at Veterans Day Supper on Nov. 18. Unit President Jeanne Paustian began the night telling the attendees about Iowa Select Farms. They have a foundation called the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation. Their foundation has a project ...
TOLEDO – As the morning frost fought a losing battle against the rising sun of the new day, locals stretched, yawned, and made their way to the Nov. 12 meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors. Held on Tuesday due to the Veterans Day holiday, the meeting started off like it does most ...
GRUNDY CENTER — An area native is bringing decades of experience in the restaurant business on the East Coast back to her Iowa roots. Jeanmarie Harper owns and operates Mean Jean’s at 2201 Commerce Dr. in Grundy Center, which officially opened on Friday, Nov. 15, after a two-week soft ...
DES MOINES – The Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau (GTSB) is teaming up with law enforcement agencies across Iowa to promote road safety during the Thanksgiving holiday season. Drivers can expect to see increased police presence on Iowa roads through December 1, 2024. As families travel ...
DES MOINES – State Treasurer Roby Smith is celebrating the holidays with an ISave 529 giveaway. "Visit ISave529.com before December 31 and register to win a $5,290 ISave 529 contribution," Smith said. "It's the perfect gift that can ensure your child's dreams are as unique as they are. … ...
REINBECK – Last weekend as Reinbeck kicked off the holiday season with its annual Miracle on Main celebration, downtown business owners Kassidy and Greg Tessendorf were trying their best to ‘undeck the halls’ at their seasonal home decor/ice cream shop The Milk House in an effort to ...
REINBECK - A selection of photos from Reinbeck's 2024 Miracle on Main which took place last Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 9-10.
GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook American Legion Auxiliary hosted a Community Veterans Day Program at Westbrook Acres on Monday, Nov. 11. The ALA Americanism Chairman Lisa Reinhard started the service stating, “Today we commemorate the Armistice marking the end of the fighting between ...
GARWIN — Good things take time. When he was a freshman at Garwin High School, Orlyn Langenbau, who graduated in 1950 and went on to serve in the U.S. Air Force from 1952 to 1956, noticed that there wasn’t a flag pole at the Garwin Union Cemetery just northeast of town and decided he ...