Starting last year, National Honor Society (NHS) is making it a tradition to help fundraise for the Pennies for Patients: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Usually, NHS has a penny war to correlate with the program's title. Last year, we raised about $275. This year, we want to take it a step ...

What do a trumpet, trombone, and a bassoon all have in common? All three instruments, along with their players, got to make music during a special event. On December 7, Juniors Alexis Taylor, Alexa Dostal and Senior Jayde Vogeler played in the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Association (NEIBA) ...

Two students from the Union Middle School band program participated in the annual Merry TubaChristmas Concert at Westdale Mall on Saturday, December 12th at 2:00PM. Seventh graders Hunter Stwalley on Tuba and Rashawn Williams on Baritone were the participants. Tuba, sousaphone, euphonium, and ...

Rebecca (Becky) Harrison will celebrate her 80th birthday on Christmas day with her family and with a card shower.She was born December 25, 1933 near La Porte City to John and Hazel Sellers. She spent her growing up years in Mt. Auburn, Iowa. In 1952, she moved to Traer and married George ...

Tessa Pullen was born Dec. 3 weighing 8lbs 13oz. Parents are Jeff and Liza Pullen. Tessa is welcomed by three sisters: Sophie, age 7, Alice, age 3, and Greta, age 2. Grandparents are Louis and Jacqueline Winchip of Cedar Rapids and Carol Pullen of Omaha, Nebraska. Great-grandparents are ...

Hora-Machacek Legion Auxiliary of Clutier held their December meeting on the 3rd at 1:30PM. President Veronica conducted the meeting with eight members present. Secretary Nancy called the roll with the main officers present. Nancy read last months minutes which were approved as read. Treasurer ...

Showing this weekend at the Traer Theatre is the new comedy Delivery Man. An affable underachiever finds out he's fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them file a lawsuit to reveal his ...

Rebecca (Becky) Harrison will celebrate her 80th birthday on Christmas day with her family and with a card shower.She was born December 25, 1933 near La Porte City to John and Hazel Sellers. She spent her growing up years in Mt. Auburn, Iowa. In 1952, she moved to Traer and married George ...

Tessa Pullen was born Dec. 3 weighing 8lbs 13oz. Parents are Jeff and Liza Pullen. Tessa is welcomed by three sisters: Sophie, age 7, Alice, age 3, and Greta, age 2. Grandparents are Louis and Jacqueline Winchip of Cedar Rapids and Carol Pullen of Omaha, Nebraska. Great-grandparents are ...

Aida Eleanor Shakarian Kvidera was born on September 27, 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio to parents Peter Kvidera and Melanie Shakarian. Aida's big sister is Rose Shakarian Kvidera (age 3).Aida was 8lbs 8oz and 20 inches long at birth. Her grandmother is Rose Kvidera of Traer. Her extended family ...