Since 1923, the Gladbrook American Legion Auxiliary has been a part of the 'opening day of school' program at then, the Gladbrook Public School, providing the school with a new flag when needed. About 1941, the Legion Color Guard became part of this patriotic tradition as we sent our students ...
Dear Editor,Some people have been asking: "Who is Anne Boyer?" I'm proud to say that Anne Bailey Boyer is my daughter. I'm proud that she's running for the G-R School Board because she wants G-R to continue to be G-R. She, Eric, Lisa and Matt will work FOR the school district and not against it ...
The Tama county Board of Supervisors met Monday morning, August 10, with Terry Johnson, with an update of Genesis Corporation, and the changing from the Old County Home building to the Discovery program, moving residents into houses to make a more homelike atmosphere and expanding ...
Iowa School Board Election Day is Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Local voters will go to the polls to elect four Board Members At-Large for the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District. Terms ending this year are Mandy Gehring, Eric Sieh, Lisa Swanson, and Matt Wyatt. Rod Brockett, Josh ...
The Tama County Pork Producers donated $2,500 to the fund for the purchase of a new dog for use by the Tama County Sheriff's Department. Sadly, Deputy Joe Quandt lost his canine partner, Nikki, to cancer just this July. She was a valuable asset to the Sheriff's Department and will be sorely ...
Dear Editor,Governor Terry Branstad, with a stroke of his veto pen this month, wrecked the 2015 Iowa Legislatures' hard-fought bipartisan compromise on education funding. Iowa's children are already at risk becasue of previous such cutbacks, And it's a slap in the face to educators.But our ...
The PEACE! Youth group headed out on their mission trip Saturday July 25. We drove 8 hours to Maumee, Ohio, where we spent the night at an indoor water park hotel. Sunday morning we continued on our trip, stopping in Pittsburgh to ride the Duquesne Incline. It is a cable car ride up the side ...
The Crowning of the 2015 Tama County Fair Queen took place on Thursday evening, July 16, at the Tama County 4-H Fairgrounds in Gladbrook. Mistresses of Ceremonies for the evening were 2014 Tama County Fair Queen, Erin Filloon, and 2013 Tama County Fair Queen, Emma Knoop. Candidates for the ...
Letter to the Editor, In the July 29 edition of the Toledo Chronicle and other Tama county papers Rep. Mark Smith of Marshalltown commented in reference to the governor’s veto of $56 million in one-time funds for our K-12 school system that ”I hope Representative Dean Fisher will do ...
Dear Editor My letter is about quotes made by Ronald Reagan, one of my favorite persons. “Here’s my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose” “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; It’s just that they know so much that isn’t so” “The most ...