Dr. and Mrs. Rick Palmer of La Porte City, are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their son Jonathon Alex Palmer to Mary Kathryn Huck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Huck of Hartland, WI. Jonathon and Mary met while attending the University of Iowa and both currently ...

Sara Stoakes and Taylor Kvidera were united in marriage August 2nd at the First Evangelical Free Church in Ames, Iowa. Parents of the couple are Dennis and Sharon Stoakes, and Nick and Deanna Kvidera, all of Traer. Serving in the wedding party were Gina Kubik, Amy Monat, Corindy Stoakes, Dawn ...

The Untiedt Family held our biannual reunion the weekend of July 25-26 in Tama County. The festivities started with a Friday night supper at Rube's. On Saturday, we enjoyed a picnic in the Traer Park, as was the family tradition years ago. We spent the day swimming and reminiscing. We closed ...

Beginning this weekend at the Traer Theatre is the new action/adventure movie Into the Storm. In the span of a single day, the town of Silverton is ravaged by an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes. The entire town is at the mercy of the erratic and deadly cyclones, even as storm trackers ...

Sara Stoakes and Taylor Kvidera were united in marriage August 2nd at the First Evangelical Free Church in Ames, Iowa. Parents of the couple are Dennis and Sharon Stoakes, and Nick and Deanna Kvidera, all of Traer. Serving in the wedding party were Gina Kubik, Amy Monat, Corindy Stoakes, Dawn ...

Dr. and Mrs. Rick Palmer of La Porte City, are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their son Jonathon Alex Palmer to Mary Kathryn Huck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Huck of Hartland, WI. Jonathon and Mary met while attending the University of Iowa and both currently ...

Kyle and Shellina Herink of Clutier, IA are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Jalen Anthony Herink, on August 2nd, 2014. Jalen is welcomed into this world by grandparents Kevin and Tammy Herink of Clutier, Mitch and Barb Wieben of Dysart. And great-grandmother Shirley Austin of Traer.

Kyle and Shellina Herink of Clutier, IA are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Jalen Anthony Herink, on August 2nd, 2014. Jalen is welcomed into this world by grandparents Kevin and Tammy Herink of Clutier, Mitch and Barb Wieben of Dysart. And great-grandmother Shirley Austin of Traer.

Fred's grandfather was Fritz Strohbehn. He moved to Reinbeck the same year that the town of Reinbeck was started in 1876. Fritz purchased and owned about 2,500 acres of farmland near Reinbeck and about 1,000 acres near Wagner, South Dakota. This land was divided up among their 10 children.Fred ...

Showing this weekend at the Traer Theatre is the new 3-D movie Guardians of the Galaxy. Brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villian with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To ...