Motivational speaker Jeff Yalden will be speaking at GMG High School on Wednesday, March 25. The topic of his presentation is “Youth Suicide Prevention”. Yaldon is a renowned Celebrity Teen ad Life Coach and Suicide Prevention Expert. GMG School Nurse Tracy Anderson said, “Jeff Yalden is ...
Jan Quint with a group of Tama County residents living in the Hickory Hollow area were present with a petition for paving a road in Geneseo Township. On 115th Street, hard surfaced road runs to about 800 feet west of Highway 21, and then turns to gravel. The group asked to have this area ...
The Rebels played a man down the last time they battled for a state championship.The same predicament was thrown at them midway through the second quarter Friday.Rallying together after leading scorer Joe Smoldt was briefly knocked out of the game following a hard foul, the rejuvenated Rebels ...
Dear Editor,It is my prediction (opinion) that by the time the current preschoolers are in high school, if not sooner, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck school system is going to need a one building school due to the lack of financial funds and lack of school age children.The school board has just closed ...
Two weeks ago Jo and I got away from the cold weather and the pressures of the last few months. We spent a week in Jamaica with our very good friends, Merlyn and Connie Appelgate. The temperature was 85 degrees. We spent a lot of time on the beach and had a lot of good food (which we all ...
Keith and Shelley Smith of Gladbrook were winners in America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, which gives farmers the opportunity to win $2,500 for their favorite local nonprofit organization. Since 2010, with the help of farmers, America’s Farmers Grow ...
Monday morning, March 9, the Tama County Board of Supervisors held a public budget hearing at 10:00 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors room. Two people were present for the hearing but no objections were made. The budget will be published in the county papers used by the Board of Supervisors. ...
To: Gladbrook-Reinbeck School Board via: Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, It is my prediction (opinion) that by the time the current preschoolers are in high school, if not sooner, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck school system is going to need a one building school due to the lack of financial funds ...
The Gladbrook-Lincoln Ambulance Service ended 2014 with 146 patients being transported. This total only includes the patients that were transported to a medical facility. It does not include first aid calls, DOAs or fire calls. The type of calls included: falls- 7; medical emergencies- 103; ...
GLADBROOK - Members of a citizen-action group want to save a Gladbrook school campus from closure. The group, known as "Citizens to keep a school in Gladbrook," is hosting a private meeting today to discuss its options. One of those is to dissolve the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School ...