Tama County Engineer Lyle Brehm met with the Tama County Board of Supervisors Monday morning with a contrtact for the Buckingham Bridge in Section 23. Supervisors approved the contract which will be sent to t he contractor and will then come back to the county. The contract was awarded in ...
GMG school board member awarded Basics of Boardsmanship certificate Des Moines, Iowa – At the Iowa Association of School Boards’ (IASB) 71st Annual Convention on Nov. 17, board member Bill Backoff was awarded a certificate for completing the Basics of Boardsmanship Certificate. Through ...
Gladbrook’s 20th annual tree lighting festivities was held on Wed., Nov. 30th. It was a cold wet night with light snow flurries coming down, but that didnít stop the crowd from enjoying “Gladbrook’s Whooville”. Adults of all ages and excited kids enjoyed the activities. The upper ...
Thanksgiving is over and we made it to the first full week of December before we got snow. Wasn’t it pretty outside Sunday morning with fresh snow coming down. I know there are some Scrooges out there that will say Sash is crazy if he thinks that snow is pretty but I bet they all smiled ...
An early morning fire Monday morning, December 5, destroyed the original Wentzien Hardware building, owned by Mike Wentzien, in downtown Gladbrook. The building was established in 1901. It has not been determined the cause of the fire. Gladbrook Fire Department was called out at approximately ...
Howard “Toby” Clough of Garwin was presented with a Quilt of Valor during his 90th birthday celebration on November 19. Toby served his country during world War II and spent a year in hospitals as a result of being severely burned when a crane he was working with came into contact with high ...
The annual Conservation report was presented by Bob Etzel to the Tama County Board of Supervisors Monday morning. Etzel gives this report each year. The five Tama County Conservation Board members serving Carolyn Adolphs, term expiring in December 2016, Allan Atchison, term expiring December ...
Monday morning, November 28, 2016, at the Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisors Kendall Jordan, Larry Vest and Dan Anderson had received a letter from the United States Department of Interior giving notice of the application filed by the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi In ...
The Gladbrook Auxiliary welcomed special guests as they honored all our Veterans for Veterans Day. A potluck supper was hosted by the Unit on Monday evening, November 21 at 6:30pm with Sue Koster, Chris Hickman and Jane Frericks as kitchen chairs. Commander Ron Busch and President Jeanne ...
On Saturday, December 10, 2016, the Gladbrook Lions Club will host their annual Soup Day.Each year the Lions donate their proceeds from their Soup Day to a local cause. This year the Lions proceeds are going to Tate Koester, 3-year-old son of Matt and Beth Koester of Gladbrook, and brother to ...