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Letters to the Editor

Eric Keller receives Horbach Award

Eric Keller, rural Gladbrook, is the 2018 recipient of the Lance J. Horbach Award presented by the Tama County Community Foundation. The honor was presented by Horbach at a Foundation meeting in Toledo on Wednesday night, June 20. In its 5th year, the award is made based upon an effort or ...

2018 Corn Carnival Grand Marshalls are Mark and Linda Goos

The Gladbrook Corn Carnival Corporation has named Mark and Linda Goos as the Grand Marshalls of the 2018 Grand Parade. The parade will take place on Friday, June 29 at 6:30 PM.Corn Carnival Corporation President Teri Luehring said, "They have always been great business people and supportive of ...

Tama County Extension celebrates 100 years By Margaret Thomsen

The year was 1918 and travel was mostly by horse and buggy, very few people enjoyed the luxury of electricity, refrigeration was the block of ice delivered by the ice man and the one room school house ruled education. And there were a group of Tama County citizens with foresight to decide that ...

Message From Our Mayor

I want to begin this letter by thanking everyone in our town for making it very presentable for both Mother’s Day and Father”s Day. With all the rain we had your hard work, it shows that we are all proud to live in this fine town. Keep up the good work going into Corn Carnival. We have ...

City of Gladbrook welcomes Gladbrook Family Pharmacy

The city of Gladbrook announces the groundbreaking of Gladbrook Family Pharmacy conveniently located right next door to Covenant Clinic. The telepharmacy will be owned and operated under the direction of Tim Madsen, 17-year current owner at Medicap Pharmacy in Toledo along with Derek ...

Little Miss and Mister Corn Carnival Contestants

Lots of Fun Planned for Thursday Night of Corn CarnivalYou won't want to miss all the action and entertainment scheduled for Thursday night of the Gladbrook Corn Carnival on June 28th. All the activities at the Kiddies Parade start out the jam-packed night including the crowning of Little Mr. ...

Lead Holds In Official Tally By John Speer CIP

Mindy Benson, Tama, maintained her lead and has won the Democrat nomination for Iowa House 72 in the June 5 Primary vote. Official results show Benson with 404 votes total from Tama, Marshall and Black Hawk counties and Dave Degner at 394 votes. Other official vote totals from the race showed ...

Supervisors renew Heartland pool coverage By John Speer

Started before he joined the board in 1994, 1st District Tama County Supervisor Larry Vest described the Heartland Insurance Risk Pool as the "best" agreement the county has continued to participate in. With this endorsement and information about the current renewal status from Judy Funk, a ...

Gladbrook-Reinbeck CSD Year-End Staff Breakfast

The staff of Gladbrook-Reinbeck School was honored at a year-end breakfast hosted by the Board of Education on June 5th. Staff members were recognized for their years of service. The honorees were: Marcia Koester - 32 years; Kim Thompson – 25 years; Helen Adair – 20 years; Sally ...