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Letters to the Editor

Gladbrook City Council

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 ...

Message from Our Mayor

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 ...

Herman Lenz

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 Co. Court News

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 ...

G-R School Board

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. ...

Tama Co. Supervisors

By Joyce Wiese Tama county supervisors Larry Vest, Kendall Jordan and Dan Anderson met with EMA (Emergency Management Director) Mindy Benson Monday morning. Benson presented a book on Hazard Mitigation Plans including all the Federal Rules. The book contains more than four hundred pages. ...

Mistrial is declared in Jefferson murder case

By John Speer CIP jspeer @tamatoledonews.com A mistrial was declared late Friday afternoon, Oct. 2, in the trial of Dustin Jerome Jefferson in Tama County District Court in Toledo. Jefferson is accused of aiding and abetting in the murder of his wife, Kerry O’Clair Jefferson, 32, in Tama ...

GMG Homecoming Coronation

Photo by Margaret Thomsen GMG Homecoming Coronation was held on September 30 in Garwin. Jacob Burt was crowned King and Mattison Vaske was named Queen. The Court is pictured. In front are: Berkley Dvorak, Gwen Wichal and Jacoby Woodbury. Seated are: Kelsey Vaverka, Alexa Almanza, ...

Gladbrook Scouting For Food Drive October 17

The annual Scouting for Food drive will occur on Saturday, 17 October. Cub Scouts from Gladbrook Pack 327 will be collecting food from around town and deliver it to the local food bank for use by residents of Northwest Tama County. If you’d like to donate, please place your non-perishible ...

G-R Homecoming King and Queen

By: Kathryn WildSeniors Ty Eiffler and Madeline Mussig were recently crowned Gladbrook-Reinbeck's 2015 Homecoming King and Queen. The coronation occurred during Homecoming Happenings on Thursday, October 1. Other members of this year's Homecoming Court included Leah Holman, Sydney Brown, Hayley ...