Dear Editor,I'm sure most if not all have seen the great Reinbeck commercials running on TV. I'm proud that our town is working to grow and I think that it is money well spent promoting the great things Reinbeck is doing. That leads me to the purpose of my letter. I would like to reach out to ...
Dear Editor,Counties across Iowa are taking a stand on factory farms. More and more boards of supervisors are calling for a factory farm moratorium.Why? One reason is because the Master Matrix - a scoring system included in factory farm applications - is a lifetime of failure. Legislators ...
Dear Editor,Each year, 22 billion gallons of toxic, untreated waste are discharged onto our land from the thousands of corporate-sponsored hog confinements across the state. Through spills, leaks and run off, this sewage contaminates our waterways and contributes to Iowa's water crisis.For ...
Tama County District Court Trial for Dustin Jerome Jefferson, 41, on five counts of 3rd degree sexual abuse has been reset for June 5 in Tama County District Court in Toledo. Judge Fae Hooever-Grinde set a pre-trial conference for May 25. Court records show this is the seventh pre-trial ...
Tama County Supervisors, Dan Anderson, Kendall Jordan and Larry Vest, approved two utility permits Monday morning, Windstream, along with the Department of Transportation, requested permits for work to be done on Highway 30 east of Tama. There request is for work on X, Y, and W Avenues. ...
During my years as an elementary principal, one of my favorite times of the year was our annual Kindergarten Roundup. I loved observing and interacting with the eager-to-learn prospective Kindergarteners as they experienced many “firsts,” such as their first school lunch, their first PE ...
Temperatures in the 70's, how much better does it get going into Easter?Saturday morning about 3:15 a.m. Gladbrook had a first in a long time. Dan and Samantha DeWitt had a home delivery. They had a new baby boy, Cabe George, whom decided to come into this world without waiting to get to the ...
Chairman Dan Anderson, 3rd District Supervisors and Supervisors Kendall Jordan and Larry Vest met Monday morning approving a Resolution for a public hearing. Based on an Application by Jennifer Blohm, as Executor of the Estate of Fern Buffington, a request from the Tama County Engineer, ...
Last week, our youngest son turned fourteen. Just like his older brothers, one of the first things that Jacob wanted to do upon reaching this milestone age was to visit the DOT Driver License station and take the written test to receive his permit to drive. He passed his test, and now he’s ...
Editor's note: This is a recent article courtesy of the Marshalltown Times-Republican profiling those who have ever served in the U.S. military, be it overseas or stateside.GLADBROOK - He was "just an Iowa kid" looking for a challenge? Well more than 20 years after he departed his beloved ...