It’s one of the first things new parents do after counting to make sure there are 10 fingers and 10 toes. They name the baby. Names are chosen carefully and with great attention to detail. What sort of mean nicknames could kids in the schoolyard find to taunt little Dicky with? Will a weird ...
Phone calls and verbal discussions about people wading or swimming at the Grundy County Lake this past week has been very popular. Upon investigation we found that a group of people of foreign decent are collecting Chinese Mystery or trapdoor snails that have established a population in the ...
Taylor Lekin has been crowned the 2018 Tama County Fair Queen in ceremonies held on July 17 at the Tama County Fairgrounds. Interviews and judging took place earlier in July.Named 2018 Tama County Fair Princess was Brooklyn Henderson. This fall Taylor and Brooklyn will both be seniors at South ...
Garwin area children were recently treated to Pink Stew Entertainment and their program about therapy dogs and the Alaskan Iditarod, a dog sled race across 1,049 miles of Alaskan wilderness. Pink Stew Entertainment also brought therapy dog, Emmett, for the children to meet. Emmett is a part ...
With proceeds from the Garwin Lions Club Annual BBQ Supper the club has donated $1,000 to the Garwin Fire Department. The money will go toward funds to erect a new Fire Station in Garwin. Lions President Mark Polich said, “We think this is an important part of our community for us to have a ...
Richard McCreery recently attended the promotion ceremony of his son, Marc, to Colonel on July 13th, 2018, in St. Albans, West Virginia. Marc’s wife, Regina, participated in the pinning ceremony while daughter, Meghan and son, Jack observed. The West Virginia Adjutant General, Major General ...
Tama County District Court Before Judge Chad A. Kepros in Tama County District Court in Toledo: Kevin Romain Banks, 48, Nevada, Iowa, pleaded guilty to 3rd degree harassment. He was fined and assessed court costs totaling $223. A no contact order of protection was issued for a ...
It was time to replace the roof on the Tama County Historical and Genealogical Society log cabin Brett Reece says he discovered shortly after he became a board member a couple of years ago. Last week a tear off of the old wooden shake shingles and the replacement was done in a long day which ...
The Garwin Christian Church will be observing their 160th Anniversary Celebration Sunday, August 5, 2018. A special program will be held at 2:00 p.m. with previous pastors invited to participate. Church history and memorabilia will be on display. Fellowship and refreshments will follow. ...
“Such a strange time,” U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) said as he led off an hour-long discussion with more than a dozen Tama County Democrat activists at King Tower Cafe in Tama Sunday afternoon, July 22. While not really mentioning a 2020 presidential bid, Merkley certainly gave the ...