154 Iowa 4-H’ers participated in the State 4-H Recognition event submitting over 230 applications. Interviews were held Saturday, March 24, on the Iowa State University campus. Those selected for a state award will be recognized at the Iowa State Youth Conference closing ceremonies on ...
ISU Extension and Outreach, Tama County, will be hosting two day camps this summer at the Traer City Park. The fun will begin at 9:00 a.m. and go until 3:00 p.m. Cost for each camp is $10. Camp is open to all youth having completed Kindergarten - Third grades during the 2017-2018 school year. ...
Dear Editor,I received a very nice, signed letter thanking me for my editorials and encouraging me to keep them coming. This is the fourth such letter. So, while some of you think that all my bluster has been just from me, you are wrong. People have stopped me on the street to thank me as ...
Dear Editor,Gov. Kim Reynolds has called for a special election for voters in Iowa Senate District 25 since our Senator Bill Dix has just resigned last Monday. Bill Dix was caught, on video, kissing a political lobbyist, who is not his wife. Not only that, but he had also fired a female staff ...
Dear Editor,This letter is to the attention of all people who are on social security and care givers of family members. We have to be on alert to all the scams out there. As a senior citizen, I?hope you will take time to read this. It could save you dollars and lots of stress! I am a former 20 ...
Dear Editor,I received yet another letter telling me how child care needs were a reality and that our City Council has made the right decision in funding Reinbeck's daycare. The letter also went on to say I just had to live with the council's decision, that I had stated my opinion and should ...
Dear Editor,This is an excerpt from our City Council's January meeting. It speaks for itself but I will clarify it a bit after you read the excerpt.After much discussion, Muller moved to approve the lower premium, Blue Cross (HMO) Silver 3600 plan and have the employees continue paying 10% of ...
Dear EditorDix Financed by Big Money from Out-of-DistrictBill Dix, the Republican Senate Majority Leader from Shell Rock, is supported by big contributors from outside his Iowa Senate District 25, not by small donors in Butler, Grundy, Hardin and Story CountiesDix raised $460,946 in political ...
Dear Editor,I had a significant member of our town once tell me, "Well, we can't just roll over and die!" Of course he was talking about spending millions on a project our city did not need but he thought was the answer to our city's future. I don't think maintaining our parks, our cemetery, ...
Dear Editor,A few people have asked me why don't I leave the council alone, ie: let them perform their function without observation or criticism. I feel it is not only my right to comment on our council's activities but my obligation to do so. Given a reason, I would just as readily compliment ...