Tama County Supervisors Kendall Jordan, Dan Anderson and Larry Vest met Monday morning and accepting the audit of Tama County they have received. There were no recommended changes. On the agenda was action on the recommendation of the Tama County Compensation Board . After a little ...
(DES MOINES)- Rep. Dean Fisher (R-Garwin) is seen here taking the oath of office in the Iowa House chamber as the 87th General Assembly kicked off Monday at the Capitol.During the session, Fisher can be reached at dean.fisher@legis.iowa.gov or through the House switchboard at (515) 281-3221.The ...
In recent months, I’ve received numerous questions about the current status of the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District and about the district’s future. People are aware that there has been an effort to “dissolve” the district, but they may not fully understand what a ...
Dear Editor,The issues we care most about are under attack. We need to stand together and fight back!Already we are seeing reports that Iowa's Republicans now in control want to:Deregulate to pave the way for more factory farms and make us pay to clean up Big Ag's clean water crisis.Launce big ...
Did you ever love someone who was disabled? Did you ever have trouble finding them sufficient housing?John Hansen's sister Tammy, my best friend died at the early age of 58 before John could get an abandoned nursing home in Fredericksburg remodeled. Not many people are aware of the desperate ...
As we all know, at Christmas Santa Claus is one busy man. There are so many houses to leave presents at and so many cookies to eat that Santa usually doesn't have time to stop and chat with the local newspaper, but Santa gave the perfect Christmas present to the Northern-Sun Print when he ...
As we all know, at Christmas Santa Claus is one busy man. There are so many houses to leave presents at and so many cookies to eat that Santa usually doesn't have time to stop and chat with the local newspaper, but Santa gave the perfect Christmas present to the Northern-Sun Print when he ...
Jim Roan, Toledo, representing the Wieting Theater, gave a report on the “Phase Two” of the restoration of the Wieting Theater. Phase one was completed in 2012 and the group is now ready to prepare for Phase 2. Phase 2 will include reinforcing beams in the basement under the seating ...
Little did I realize when I wrote last weeks article about our volunteers how quickly we would require their services. For those of you who don’t know, we had one of the worst fires in Gladbrook history last Sunday night involving the Wentzien Hardware Store, Masonic Temple and Smith’s ...
Best Yet Kids Shopping Day!Wow, the 5th annual Kids Shopping Day was a huge success. The snowy weather really got everyone into the Christmas spirit. The shoppers were lined up and ready to make out their shopping list for their loved ones long before 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10th, at Peace ...