The Gladbrook Commercial Club will be hosting the 19th annual Gladbrook Tree Lighting Festivities on Mon., Nov. 23rd, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. It will also be the lighting of the 11th annual Festival of Trees in the City Center. Area businesses will be open promoting sales and a Holiday Ornament ...

By Joyce Wiese Tama County Supervisors Larry Vest, Kendall Jordan and Dan Anderson voted Monday morning for a resolution to re-appropriate funds for the Insurance/Human Resources Department. The Insurance/Human Resources Department has had a change in personnel and salaries and is going to ...

Thanks to the tenacity of GMG Sixth Grader Xander Bowers, the photo of his Great Uncle Stephen Hass will be added to the collage of the Garwin High School Class of 1965. For some unknown reason Stephan did not get a senior photo taken to be displayed with the rest of his class.Xander says his ...

By Joyce Wiese Tama County Supervisors Larry Vest, Kendall Jordan and Dan Anderson passed a resolution Monday morning adopting the Tama County Multi-Jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan. The Board of Supervisors authorized the development of a multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan ...

Photo by Drake Terven Gladbrook area churches sponsored the annual Crop Walk on Sun., Oct. 4th. It was a beautiful fall afternoon. Sixteen walkers enjoyed walking the Gladbrook trail.  Garwin UMC hosted the Crop Walk and furnished the lunch. Crop Walk is a project of the ...

By: Madeline Mussig The Gladbrook City Council held their regular monthly meeting on October 12, 2015 at 7:00. The meeting began with acknowledgement of seven guests followed by Dennis Kucera’s police report. Kucera reported that there were 67 calls for service totaling 122 hours. Next, the ...

Let's start off by straightening out a mess I got into last month. When I said Annie Stocker bought the insurance business from Harold McKinney, I was wrong. Annie bought the building from Harold and RoseMary McKinney but she bought the insurance business from Priscilla Crumley who has run ...

Dear Editor,Its too easy to be seat belted, legal and DEAD because of some other drivers action. Nowadays there is technology that could stop speeding, texting and phone use while driving, but whenever any effective crash preventive thing is proposed to our lawmakers, they make a big spiel ...

Tama County District Court Before Judge Chad A. Kepros in Tama County District Court in Toledo: Mitchell Marcellus Knowles, 61, rural Tama, pleaded guilty to 1st offense drunken driving. He was granted a deferred sentence, assessed a civil fine of $1,250, directed to complete a drunken ...

At the September 17th meeting, Incumbents: Eric Sieh, Lisa Swanson, and Matt Wyatt, along with newly-elected Anne Boyer were sworn in to serve four-year terms. Back Row: Eric Sieh, Matt Wyatt, Supt. Jay Mathis, Doug Rowe Front Row: Lisa Swanson, Rod Brockett, Josh Hemann, Anne Boyer. ...