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Opinion

Superintendent News & Views-Get Outdoors!

Letters to the Editor

I was raised on a family farm in Northern Tama County within close proximity of a beautiful county park. Growing up, my family also had access to a large timber area near our farm, along with a good number of wooded acres along Wolf Creek. I spent countless hours hiking in the woods, mountain ...

Tama Co. Court News

Letters to the Editor

Tama County District Court Before Judge Mary E. Chicchelly in Tama County District Court in Toledo: Erik Lee Barker Head, 28, Tama, pleaded guilty to the lesser offense of 1st offense public intoxication. He received a suspended 30-day jail sentence, was fined and assessed court costs ...

Slices of Life By Jill Pertler-Water, wonderful water

Local Columns

My grandbaby has started talking. One of her first words was “water.” It’s a multi-tasking multi-purpose word in her life. When she’s in the bath she’s surrounded by water. When she’s in the lake she swims in water. When it rains, water falls down on her from the sky to create ...

Slices of Life By Jill Pertler-Water, wonderful water

Local Columns

My grandbaby has started talking. One of her first words was “water.” It’s a multi-tasking multi-purpose word in her life. When she’s in the bath she’s surrounded by water. When she’s in the lake she swims in water. When it rains, water falls down on her from the sky to create ...

Looking Back

Local Columns

30 Years Ago August 4, 1989 Jill Shari Dierks and Douglas Alan Lutes exchanged wedding vows on July 1. Parents of the couple are Al and Lois Dierks of Gladbrook and Bob and Sharon Lutes of Conrad. Announcement is being made of the engagement and approaching marriage of Vicki Vlotho and Terry ...

Slices of Life By Jill Pertler-Black and white

Local Columns

Most of life isn’t cut and dried – unless you are an herb. The bulk of our days operate on a continuum, with each of us finding our own way forward in our own way. There’s lots of room for middle ground. You may give a book or movie three or four out of five stars. You might kind of sort ...