GRUNDY CENTER – Students who are enrolled in a health care career program are invited to apply for a 2024 Grundy County Memorial Hospital Foundation Health Care Career Scholarship. The scholarship awards are aimed at students who graduated from high school or are currently living or working ...
OTTER CREEK – A night of fun awaits area families on April 13 at the Tama County Nature Center! As part of Tama County Conservation’s annual Family Fun Night celebration, there will be food, games, trivia, live animal encounters, a silent auction, a gun raffle, and more. Proceeds from ...
Again this year, Free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) is available to those in Tama County, according to Barb Wollan of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The service is only possible thanks to the efforts of several local volunteers and continues through mid-March. In ...
DYSART – Four state legislators whose districts cover a portion of Tama County sat down for some caffeine and kolaches with their constituents at Harper’s Public House in Dysart last Saturday morning as part of a legislative forum hosted by the Tama County Farm Bureau. Legislators in ...
OELWEIN — When the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys’ basketball team beat 10th-ranked Kee Community in last Saturday’s Class 1A Substate 6 final, only the Rebels expected it. It’s those same expectations that got G-R that far in the first place. Senior point guard Isaac Clark scored a ...
TOLEDO – Last week's Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting started off many locals’ Tuesday morning the right way. The county engineer began the meeting with his report, stating they have been out blading and shaping up roads. Brush cutting will be done starting at D65 and then moving ...
Iowa native, Linda Betsinger McCann, will be speaking about her newest book, “Rosie the Riveters of Iowa,” at several local libraries in March. Everyone is invited and there is no admission charge. Rosie the Riveter was the nickname given to the women who worked during World War II. The ...
Congratulations to Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s February Character Award recipients! Those honored in February include TK students Callen Bueghly and Caysen Voshell; kindergarten students Evah Miller, Brecken Thede, Audie Lehmann, Tucker Rodenbourn-Kartous, and Teagyn Schick; first graders Samuel ...
March will be an interesting month in the sky. Very bright Jupiter will be unmistakable in the western sky, and fast-moving Mercury will make its best evening appearance for the year during the last half of the month. Look for it in the early evening, low in the western sky to the lower right ...
On February 8 the Gladbrook Women’s Club traveled to the Meskwaki Cultural Center in Tama. After looking through the museum, Jonathan Buffalo gave a presentation. He told us of the Meskwaki Creation History. He explained how they traveled to Iowa, bought land, and became a settlement that has ...