GARWIN – The annual Garwin Freedom Days celebration is at a crossroads and organizers are asking for the public’s help moving forward. According to the non-profit Garwin Enrichment League (GEL), due to budget constraints and beginning in 2025 the City of Garwin will no longer be able to ...
GRUNDY COUNTY – The final day to file in Iowa for county office for the upcoming June 4, 2024, primary election came and went on March 22. In Grundy County, the offices of county auditor and county sheriff, as well as three seats on the county board of supervisors are all up for election ...
TAMA – Flanked by Rep. Derek Wulf (R-Hudson), Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, a fellow Republican, took a tour of the Iowa Premium Beef plant in Tama with General Manager Jon Surman last Friday morning and learned more about successes and challenges at the facility, which currently ...
TOLEDO – Tama County needs a new zoning and planning administrator. During the Tama County Board of Supervisors’ April 8 meeting, the board accepted Marshall County’s termination of the two counties’ shared zoning contract. Last fall the counties entered into a 28E agreement for ...
GRUNDY CENTER – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, announced this past Monday her Small Business of the Week as The Landmark Bistro of Grundy County. Throughout this Congress, Ranking Member Ernst plans to recognize a small business in ...
TAMA COUNTY – Tama County Master Gardeners will be distributing free tree seedlings at the Tama County Extension and Outreach office at 203 W. High St. in Toledo on Saturday, May 4 beginning at 10 a.m. and going until 125 trees are distributed, or noon – whichever comes first. They will ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present a program on Honor Flights on Wednesday, May 8, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church Street in Toledo. Elizabeth Ledvina took her first Honor Flight as an escort for her dear friend Robert Reinbecht, a World War II ...
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has announced a record high 43 high schools have been recognized for registering eligible students to vote as part of the Carrie Chapman Catt Award for the 2023-2024 school year including Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School which qualified for the ...
GARWIN – The Green Mountain-Garwin Community School District’s financial health has reached a critical juncture requiring a series of sustained, smart budget decisions over the next five years to keep its solvency ratio in the black. Such was the assessment of district consultant and ...
REINBECK – Record collectors, vinyl lovers, music enthusiasts and beer drinkers are invited to come out to The Dig Inn on Saturday, April 20, starting around 11 a.m. for the annual Record Store Day. Record Store Day – which first took hold in 2008 — is an annual event meant to celebrate ...