The Iowa Association of School Boards urges Iowans passionate about education to consider running in the upcoming school board election. Public schools need strong leadership and governance to ensure a bright future for all children and communities across the state.Strong leadership is critical ...
Tanning facilities in Tama County will be overseen by the Board of Health if an ordinance is adopted by the board of supervisors. Hearings on the ordinance were set by the board during their regular meeting on July 15 for successive Mondays beginning Aug. 12 to hear comment The county has been ...
The 23rd annual Corn Carnival Collector’s Fair was a huge success with 21 exhibitors. The theme was “Let Sparks Fly”. Marilyn Brekke won the adult door prize of $10 in Gladbrook trade dollars and the youth winner was Grace Schewe, $10 in theater bucks. Trudi Scott decorated the windows ...
The GR weight room is open for workouts in the morning, noon and evening. This past week A.M. weight workout athletes had several former GR football players stop by during their summer break. For the 2019 upcoming college football season the Rebels have 10 alums participating in football.Zach ...
AMES, Iowa – Fifty Iowa 4-H members were recognized for their 2019 state 4-H project awards at the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference during the closing ceremony held on the Iowa State University campus in Ames on Thursday, June 27. A project area is a broad topic that 4-H members can explore on ...
Traer native Dr. Brendon Boerm will be returning to Tama County to begin his dentistry practice. In early July he will be joining Drs. Bob and Donna Pipho and Sarah Gingrich in Dysart and La Porte City. Dr. Boerm is the son of Dr. Kurt and Judy Boerm of Traer and the grandson of Ila Jean Boerm ...
Tama and all other Iowa counties now have the option of establishing an ordinance governing tanning bed operations. The Iowa Department of Health ceased overseeing and providing almost all support for the program due to what it said in a notice were”previous budget reductions” on July 1. ...
Logan Roberts, county conservation director, told supervisors on Monday the Tama County Conservation Board continues to pursue major restoration of Otter Creek Lake in upcoming years. It is a currently estimated at a cost totaling about $3 million. Of the amount, 75% would be state-funded and ...
REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School parents will receive “mail-in” registration information for the 2019-2020 school year via the US Postal Service around July 15, 2019. This packet will include information on how to register school-aged children. For the ...
GLADBROOK - Whether or not his Rebels are in fact the best two-win team in the state, Gladbrook-Reinbeck head softball coach Collin Arndt wants his players to believe they are.Three days after snapping a 37-game NICL West Division losing streak with a 7-5 win over South Hardin, the Rebels ...