REINBECK – On its third try in four years, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District has finally passed a school bond referendum. A mere 16 votes coupled with an unprecedented turnout in Grundy County for a school election pushed the district’s $17.3 million general obligation ...
TOLEDO – Tama County Public Health & Home Care and Stitch and Go Quilt Club members want to say “Thank you for your service” to all our Tama County Veterans! Tama County Public Health and Home Care will be hosting an Open House Quilts of Valor Recognition on Thursday, Nov. 6, at 10 ...
GARWIN — The Garwin Lions Club will be hosting an Election Day soup supper from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 4. The event will be held at the Yilek Grocery Store on Third Street in Garwin. Soups prepared by the members are: chili, beef noodle, cheeseburger, chicken noodle, potato, vegetable beef ...
TRAER – Darlys Hulme may not have set out to become a trailblazer over 65 years ago when she first began her career, but she carved the path nonetheless. Hulme, president and CEO of Farmers Savings Bank & Trust (FSB), is a rarity these days in more ways than one. At a time when the ...
OTTER CREEK LAKE & PARK – Tama County has a new park ranger. During the monthly meeting of the Tama County Board of Conservation that took place on Wednesday, Oct. 15, Director Curtis Behrens introduced Owen Eli as the department’s new park ranger/conservation tech. Eli’s first day ...
GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook Community Kids Club recently donated food to the Northwest Tama County Food Pantry (left photo). The club also prepared and blessed backpacks for Orphan Grain Train with help from Pastor Gideon Gallo (right photo).
TOLEDO – Last Monday’s (Oct. 13) Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting started with the making of a puddle on the meeting room floor. As Supervisor Curt Hilmer attempted to open his morning Dr Pepper, the pop foamed, overflowed the top, and dripped down onto the tile. After Hilmer was ...
GLADBROOK – The Northwest Tama County Churches serving Gladbrook, Green Mountain, and Lincoln communities are again hosting the Christmas Family Project Boxes and Gifts. If a family is in need of a food box and/or gifts for their children this Christmas season, please request an application ...
TAMA – Tama County Tom Stompers, the Tama County chapter of the National Wildlife Turkey Federation (NWTF), will hold a bingo night on Friday, Nov. 21, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Tama Ballroom located at 1411 E Fifth Street in Tama. Ten bingo games will be played in total including nine ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present “Traveling the Dolomites of Northern Italy" with Mary Dooley on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St, Toledo. Be transported to the northern Italian Alps for spectacular scenery, some South Tyrol ...