Happy New Year and welcome to 2016 – another exciting year for all of us! May everyone have something joyful happen in their lives this year! In my day dreaming I have just won the $400 million lottery and being the good guy I am I will donate most of it to the Gladbrook Foundation with the ...
By Joyce Wiese At the regular meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors, Second District Supervisor Kendall Jordan was elected as Chairman of the Supervisors for the 2016 year. Third District Dan Anderson was appointed as vice-chairman. Out going chairman is first district supervisor ...
By: Margaret Thomsen GMG High School Principal Mark Polich said, “Jim is a good dedicated worker and we surely will miss him.” Jim is a history major graduate of UNI and was affiliated with the Navy for 27 years. He served our country on a ship from 1969 to 1971 during the Viet Nam War. ...
By JEFF HUTTONTIMES-REPUBLICANGLADBROOK - The flagpole in Pat White's yard is covered in rust and admittedly, needs a fresh coat of paint.But for 10 years, every Saturday during football season, that pole proudly lifts the Iowa Hawkeye banner, a reminder for diehard Hawkeye fan White that the ...
Dear Editor,I'm not really the type of person to get hung up on dates but January 3rd is difficult. On January 3rd, 2008, after already spending 28 years on this planet, I became a very different person. I watched my best friend and battle buddy, Tom Casey, fall down to a sniper bullet.I was ...
The Tama County Freedom Rock was unveiled on Sunday, December 20, 2:00 p.m. at its permanent home in the All-Veterans Memorial, located on Hwy. 96, in Gladbrook. The rock was designed and painted by Freedom Rock artist Ray “Bubba” Sorensen II. The Tama County Freedom rock is the 41st county ...
Tama County Supervisors, Larry Vest, Dan Anderson and Kendall Jordan, at the regular meeting Monday morning appointed Stein Metz from Traer, to the Tama County Veterans Affairs Board, to fill a vacancy. Lyle Brehm County Engineer, reported water had been over Tama County roads in several ...
The Gladbrook-Reinbeck School Board held their regular monthly meeting on December 17, 2015 at 6:30 in the G-R Multi-Purpose Room. The meeting was called to order by Board President Josh Hemann, followed with an FFA presentation given by Alex Thede, Madeline Mussig, and Amber Greiman. Josh ...
The Gladbrook City Council held their regular monthly meeting on December 14, 2015. At 7:06 the meeting was called to order. There was no sheriff report and the consent agenda was approved. In old business, Jerry Parsons was approved to serve on the Tama County Landfill board. In new ...
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 ...