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Letters to the Editor

Charter awarded to the new SAL Squadron #127

The Gladbrook Legion is proud to sponsor and welcome an energetic group of young men to their Legion Family. The SAL is an organization of direct descendants of veterans eligible to join the American Legion. The process of organizing started last summer when these men wanted a way to help their ...

Liesel Casto dies in muzzle-loader hunting accident By Margaret Thomsen

Liesel Casto, 12, of rural Traer lost her life in a hunting accident on December 27. According to information obtained from Kevin Baskins of the State DNR, “Liesel died after being struck by a bullet from a muzzle-loader rifle as she was preparing to hunt with others. The death is the first ...

Tax Season Benefits Tama County’s Children

Taxpayers give $70,000 to child abuse prevention when they file state taxes Marshalltown, IA – Programs that support caregivers in providing safe, nurturing environments for children will gain $70,000 when Iowans file their taxes this year. In Tama County, these contributions help fund the ...

Message From Our Mayor

Happy New Year to all! For the most part everything is going fine here in Gladbrook. So far there has been very little snow to move and no frozen water mains as of today, January 4, but it sound like we will get a bunch of snow and wind this week. Mark Lowry and David Smith will do their ...

Fritter Day at Westbrook Acres

Community Service Chairman Jeannie Paustian went to work early on Christmas Eve morning making homemade raisin fritters for the residents at Westbrook Acres. Pictured with her is her elf helper Barb Muhs. Her other elf helper Darrell was off delivering the fritters to the residents for their ...

Tama County Supervisors By: Joyce Wiese

Tama County Supervisors Dan Anderson, Kendall Jordan and Larry Vest met Friday morning as required for the 2015 Organizational meeting. Dan Anderson, present chairman, asked for a motion for nominating a new Chairman for the year 2015. Kendall Jordan nominated Larry Vest, all voting aye. ...

Tama Co. Supervisors By: Joyce Wiese

Les Koch, speaker for the Tama County Compensation Board met with the Tama County Board of supervisors Monday morning, December 22, reporting the recommendation of the board who met earlier this month. Koch says the board voted to recommend a three percent (3%) increase in wages for the ...

Letters to Santa

Santa Claus was gracious enough to share the letters he received from the children of Gladbrook and the surrounding area, he hopes you enjoy them as much as he did. 9 wii Syklanders true team Skylanders swap force Skylanders giants Wet shoot Chris Utterback Dear Santa- I Joshua would ...

G-R School Board By Marcy Knaack

Thursday evening the Gladbrook-Reinbeck School Board held another lengthy meeting as they heard from a former teacher and students and discussed among themselves the future of the Gladbrook-Reinbeck District. With continued declining enrollment and students opting to open enroll out of the ...

“Angel Tree” helps families in need this Christmas

The Angel Tree food boxes were packed on Fri., Dec. 19th. Helping pack the boxes were (l-r) Darrell Paustian, Jolene Denbow, Rev. Barb Muhs, and Richard Ellis. The coordinators for the area churches were Muhs and Ellis, Salem Church, June Klinefelter, gifts, and Patsy Rinz, food, Gladbrook UMC, ...