Dear Editor,I pass through the small town of Laurel at least twice a week on our way to visit my wife's mother in Newton. I have watched as a building project at the school progresses. And more than once (actually nearly every time) as I pass by I ask myself , "How can this small community ...
Letter to the Editor.This is what I shared at the GR School Board Public Hearing on Wednesday, May 25, 2016.GR School Board Members,At the GR School Board meeting held on May 19, 2016, during discussion regarding a potential parking lot and driveway improvement project at the GR Elementary ...
The Gladbrook City Council held their regular monthly meeting on May 9, 2016. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM, and the consent agenda was approved. In new business, Doug Gethmann spoke to the council about wanting to insert culverts, a pond, and a covered bridge. A project update was ...
With the 2016 Gladbrook Corn Carnival only a few weeks away, we have decided to start a weekly feature answering many frequently asked questions that are sent our way. We thought this might be a fun way to get readers “in the loop.” Remember that the dates this year are June 23rd-26th. We ...
On March 14th the Tama County Pork Producers sent eight local students to Florida to tour over 35 different forms of agriculture in the state. Among the students who went were Sally Howard and Jake Hlas from North Tama, Haley Shope, Anna Dvorak, and Josh Morgan from South Tama, Thomas and ...
Tama County District Court Before Judge Mary E. Chicchely in Tama County District Court in Toledo: Murphy Aaron Blackcloud, 32, rural Tama, entered an Alford plea to acharge of assault with intent to commit serious injury. An Alford plea is not an admission of guilt but recognizes ...
Tama County Supervisors met Monday morning, May 16, with County Engineer Lyle Brehm who requested a resolution for a road vacation. Brehm has received a request from a landowner interested in vacating a portion of road between sections 14 and 23 of Carroll Township. The Supervisors passed a ...
The Marshalltown Area Chamber of Commerce honored the top five percent of graduating seniors from four area schools during the 47th Annual Scholastic Banquet. High schools included East Marshall, GMG, Marshalltown and West Marshall.Three GMG Seniors honored included, Jacob Burt, Blayne Koster ...
With the 2016 Gladbrook Corn Carnival only a few weeks away, we have decided to start a weekly feature answering many frequently asked questions that are sent our way. We thought this might be a fun way to get readers “in the loop.” Remember that the dates this year are June 23rd-26th. We ...
Dustin Jerome Jefferson, 40, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in his role in the stabbing death of his wife, Kerry O’Clair Jefferson, age 32, in Tama in 2013. Tama County District Court Judge Mary Chicchelly pronounced the mandatory sentence on Thursday ...