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​​Monthly wellness program offered at Garwin Public Library

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GARWIN – Words on Wellness (WOW) LIVE! Is a monthly program that promotes a healthy lifestyle. The group meets on the second Tuesday of each month at noon at the Garwin Public Library to discuss relevant topics and sample a healthy recipe. The discussion is led by Cheryl Bruene from Iowa ...

​​Four Women Managing Farmland Forums offered in September

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AMES – Four Women Managing Farmland Forums and Annie’s Project 20th Anniversary Celebrations will be offered across the state the first week of September. The free events take place on Sept. 3 in Atlantic, Sept. 4 in Iowa City, Sept. 5 in West Union and Sept. 6 in Storm Lake, from 10 a.m. ...

In the Sky: September

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September will be a special month because after several months with no planets in the evening sky, there will now be two. Early in the month, Saturn will be at its highest and brightest as Earth in its faster orbit passes it. Saturn will rise in the east as the Sun sets in the west, and it will ...

Local students graduate from Marshalltown Community College

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MARSHALLTOWN – Marshalltown Community College is pleased to announce the Summer 2024 graduates, a group of students who have shown remarkable perseverance and achievement. This summer's graduating class reflects MCC's commitment to providing a supportive and enriching educational environment, ...

Centering fitness while leaving a legacy in Reinbeck

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REINBECK – Kim Snow is putting fitness front and center in Reinbeck, and hoping it remains that way for the foreseeable future. This past Tuesday, with members of the community by her side, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Class of 1992 alumna officially cut the ribbon on her new facility, The ...

Rep. Hinson hosts Women in Ag roundtable

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TAMA – As she reiterated near the end of her Women in Ag roundtable at the Tama Civic Center on Tuesday, Aug. 6, U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who grew up in the Des Moines area and now calls Marion home, isn’t a farmer and won’t ever pretend to be one. But the congresswoman, who ...

Gladbrook father and son rack up horseshoe pitching honors

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GLADBROOK– Joe Smith and his son Zack, 10, of Gladbrook travel the country competing in horseshoe pitching tournaments. They recently returned home from the world competition in Washington state where Joe placed 12th and Zack placed first in cadet class A and second in overall cadets. At the ...

Legendary baseball coach Kent Stock visits Iowa Veterans Home

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MARSHALLTOWN – Legendary Iowa high school baseball coach Kent Stock, subject of the 2007 movie “The Final Season” — a true story filmed mostly in nearby Benton County in 2006 — visited and spoke at the Iowa Veterans Home last week Thursday, Aug. 15, and autographed copies of his book ...

Rainy Aug. 12 meeting for Tama County Board of Supervisors

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TOLEDO – On a drizzly rainy Monday morning last week, the usual suspects started their week by gathering for the Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. After 15 minutes of absolute silence where no one had a public comment, the Tama County Engineer, Ben Daleske, kicked off the meeting ...

Iowa’s Largest and Tallest Trees program set for Sept. 11

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TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present “Iowa’s Largest and Tallest Trees” on Wednesday, Sept. 11, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St, Toledo. Join big tree hunter Mark Rouw has been searching for the biggest trees in Iowa for nearly 50 ...