Ruth Caslavka will observe her 85th birthday with a family get-together and card shower. Ruth was born in Benton County on May 28, 1930 to Lee and Maggie Harwood.She was married to George Caslavka on July 3, 1948 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. George passed away on March 23, ...

Showing this weekend at the Traer Theatre is the movie Do You Believe. A dozen different souls - all moving in different directions, all longing for something more. As their lives unexpectedly intersect, they each are about to discover there is power in the Cross of Christ - even if they don't ...

TWO MORE WEEKS OF REGULAR STORY TIMEWe announced last week that story time would be over for the school year - but due to wild demand we wil l meet 2 more times in May - May 13 and May 20. We will not meet on May 27 and then in June we will begin a scaled down story time held throughout June ...

Because of conflicts which have arisen with board members, the May meeting of the Traer Historical Museum will be moved up to Thursday, May 14. It will be held at 6:30 in the museum which is located at 514 2nd Street. The public is encouraged to come and find out what projects are in the ...

Showing this week at the Traer Theatre is the new comedy movie Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. After six years of keeping our malls safe, Paul Blart has earned a well-deserved vacation. He heads to Vegas with his teenage daughter before she heads off to college. But safety never takes a holiday and ...

Katey Samuelson and Joe Ternus are planning a May wedding at Immaculate Conception Church in Gilbertville, IA.Katey is the daughter of Bart and Amy Samuelson, La Porte City and Joe is the son of Greg and Lynne Ternus, Dysart.The couple will be graduating from Iowa State University on May 9th. ...

Katey Samuelson and Joe Ternus are planning a May wedding at Immaculate Conception Church in Gilbertville, IA.Katey is the daughter of Bart and Amy Samuelson, La Porte City and Joe is the son of Greg and Lynne Ternus, Dysart.The couple will be graduating from Iowa State University on May 9th. ...

Showing this weekend at the Traer Theatre is the new animated movie Home. When Oh, a lovable misfit from another planet, lands on Earth and finds himself on the run from his own people, he forms an unlikely friendship with an adventurous girl names Tip who is on a quest of her own. Through a ...

Nikki Hynek, originally from rural Traer. Daughter of John Wagner of Traer. Graduate of North Tama High School 1999. Creator of the Dollup Case "DollupBeauty.com" was recently on ExtraTV interviewed by Mario Lopez about her product. (Show aired 4/16 on NBC)

Showing this weekend at the Traer Theatre is the new action-packed movie Furious 7. Dominic Torretto and his crew thought they left the criminal mercenary life behind. They defeated an international terrorist named Owen Shaw and went their separate ways. But now, Shaw's brother, Deckard Shaw is ...