Traer's own Dahn Kennedy has been selected for the Military category of the 14th Annual "Heroes Among Us" Awards for her Hometown Hearts project by members of the community secretly nominating her.Sara Knoop and Patty Suess led the campaign without Kennedy's knowledge over the past several ...
Brady Reichmann and Christian Steinwandt saw their Large Group Speech season end at State Contest at Cedar Rapids Kennedy on Saturday, but gained invaluable through a new medium in Short Film."I remember watching a film on Instagram on anxiety that was close to this, so I asked [Steinwandt] if ...
Students, faculty and administrators at North Tama received a surprise second winter break as record-low temperatures and snow kept them out of school for nearly two weeks between January 22 to January 31."It has been quite a few years since North Tama has had this many canceled days within ...
Windstream has announced it has deployed fixed internet technology to deliver broadband speeds up to 100 megabits per second (Mbps) to homes in Traer, according to a release by the communications company."Windstream is using fixed wireless technology as part of its participation in the FCC's ...
Two North Tama Speech groups traveled to Pella High School on Saturday, Jan. 26 for postponed Large Group Speech Districts, with the Short Film group moving on to State next weekend.According to Levi LaRue, their instructor, the Short Film group created "a video about hidden illnesses and the ...
The Traer Air Gun (TAG) Team has brought Olympic-style air-pistol shooting to north Tama County for nearly 60 participants over its five-year existence and still is growing.Pete Holden hosts TAG in the Memorial Building on Thursday and Sunday, weather and event permitting for anyone from ...
From January 11-13 30 teenagers from the NtBASIC youth group in Traer attended a Christian Youth Conference in Des Moines called IMPACT along with 700 others from the Midwest. The youth gathered for three days of learning more about their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ as they shared laughter, ...
With the resignation of Josh Youel as Elementary Principal accepted last month by the Board of Education, North Tama administration has begun the process of finding a successor and hope to make a hire at the end of February.During their monthly board meeting on Monday, Jan. 14, the board and ...
After 22 years of service to the North Tama community, Breakenridge Memorials has move to a brand new location at 1106 Highway 63 as Joe and Dawn Breakenridge work to continue the business his parents started and grew to what it's become today.Joe's parents, Scott and Judy, started Breakenridge ...
Traer native and North Tama senior Travis Waller has enlisted in the U.S. Army and will begin basic training in February, having recently graduated from North Tama this January.Waller will be training as an infantryman with airborne in Georgia for approximately 25 weeks, following in the ...