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Opinion

Looking Back

Local Columns

40 yrs. ago March 14, 1980 The Gladbrook Family Medical Service welcomes a pharmacist to Gladbrook. Steve Randall will operate the pharmacy Monday through Friday mornings. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Staker of rural Gladbrook have a goat that gave birth to four kids on Sunday, March 2. She had ...

Touring the Skies By Jim Bonser (jbonser@usa.net)

Local Columns

On Thursday, March 19 at 10:50 p.m. spring officially begins for us in the northern hemisphere. Hooray! To be honest, I would have to say that overall this winter has been fairly mild with only a few weeks of really cold weather so far, nevertheless, Unfortunately, in spite of the mostly mild ...

Slices of Life By Jill Pertler-Parental instincts

Local Columns

Parental instincts It’s the American dream: A home, job, spouse, two-car garage, dog, cat and 2.5 kids. Or maybe not. Millennials, it seems, want it all – except for maybe the kids. If you don’t believe me, do the Google. There are at least a dozen articles online that tout the reasons ...

Slices of Life By Jill Pertler-Too many things all around

Local Columns

My aging dad lived alone for nearly 10 years after my mom died. But recently we all came to the conclusion that living alone was a lonely endeavor. That, accompanied by his increasing need for assistance with some things, led us to find him a new home. His moving to a new home meant cleaning ...

Tama Co. Supervisors-Radio bond hearing to be set

Letters to the Editor

Meeting on Monday, Feb. 24, Tama County Supervisors decided to to set a public hearing date next week to hear comments on the issuance of $4,735,167 in general obligation bonds to pay for a new emergency and law enforcement communication system. Total price of the new equipment and ...

Gladbrook-Reinbeck School Board

Letters to the Editor

The Gladbrook-Reinbeck Board of Education met in regular session at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 20, 2020 in the Junior High/High School Vocal Music Room in Reinbeck. Board members in attendance were: Douglas Rowe, president pro-tem in chair, Rod Brockett, Donovan Devore, Christine Farley, ...