I recently returned from our statewide meetings in Coralville. Each year there are educational sessions of much interest and others not so much. Hey – I’m not complaining because my years of service on that planning committee are long ago and I understand the difficulty in seeking out ...
Week four was another short week for us because of the Iowa caucuses on Monday. While the week was shorter, it also included the ?rst ?oor debate of the year. This week work also continued on ?nding solutions to one of the biggest issues in education, violent student behavior. Update on SSB ...
10 Years Ago Feb. 18, 2010 Dr. K.R. and Mrs Storjohann traveled to Des Moines to talk to their legislator, Senator Tim Kapucian. The annual jazz show will be presented Feb. 26 and again on Sunday, Feb. 28. Angie Thesing has recently joined P. S. B. Realty in Dike. LouAnn Moore will be ...
Before we were married, my husband had a roommate from Africa – Sierra Leone to be exact. And this roommate introduced him to a dish called peanut butter stew. It’s made with an unlikely, but sumptuous culinary trio: chicken, peanut butter and a mix of hot spices called African spice. ...
This is America. Land of the free. Home of the brave. But apparently for a few that also seems to mean free to and brave enough to disregard “NO Snowmobiles” signs posted on the Pioneer Trail. How time flies. It has been five years since I wrote a column on the illegal use of snowmobiles ...
Tama County District Court Before Judge Lars G. Anderson in Tama County District Court in Toledo: Trevor Ray Bingham, 23, Montour, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after previously pleading guilty on Sept. 26, 2019, to 3rd degree sexual abuse. He was fined, assessed court costs and a ...
After 53 years the Reinbeck Theatre Guild is dropping the final curtain on the organization. June 21, 1967 three theatre lovers got together, Bruce French, Ellen Beach and Marion Linder to talk about possibly doing live plays in Reinbeck. In less than a month they had plans being made for ...
With a cost not to exceed $6.75 million for a new radio system, Tama County Supervisors began discussions on bonding options on Monday, Feb. 3, with Northland Securities representative Heidi Kuhl. No decisions on final of the bonding have been made so far, board secretary and Tama County ...
Sanders, Biden, Buttigieg split top Tama Co. Democrat backingDemocrats gathered across Tama County Monday night, Feb. 3, as they did the State of Iowa for the nation's first test for the 2020 presidential nomination. A number of the candidates had campaigned or had high profile representatives ...
January 30, 2020 This week, House Republicans announced a K-12 funding package for the 2020-21 school year that will provide schools with additional resources that they can depend on. Additionally, it takes into account many of the challenges that school boards and administrators have brought ...