TRAER – After more than a dozen-year absence, the Traer Farmers Market rebloomed in the Hometown Foods parking lot on Saturday, June 7, with four dedicated vendors and an eager, local group of supporters. “The market has nothing to do with Hometown Foods. We are merely just here to ...
TRAER – It was a long cold winter for farmer Craig Sash as he waited for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development office to release more than $85,000 in matching funds granted in Nov. 2024 for the installation of a solar array on his Tama County farm. But after months of ...
DYSART – The Dysart Community Foundation (DCF) is announcing the distribution of $11,019.69 in grants to the following organizations serving the City of Dysart: –Dysart Community Vacation Bible School: Funding assistance for materials and snacks –Norma Anders Public Library: Summer ...
MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT — The 10-year anniversary of Rita Papakee’s disappearance on Jan. 16, 2025 has come and passed, and although that date brought some attention back to the case of the Meskwaki Settlement woman who was 41 when she went missing, members of her family are still frustrated ...
CLUTIER – Ladies from the Hora-Machacek Legion Auxiliary from Clutier carpooled to Pizza Ranch in Grinnell on Tuesday, June 3. Those traveling were: Deb K, Collette W, Marilyn S, Linda D, Tracy S, Pauline S, Diane C, Margaret B, and Julia B. They met Veronica P. there. Noon buffet was enjoyed ...
BUCKINGHAM – The Geneseo Alumni Banquet will take place Saturday, June 21, at Geneseo Methodist Church in rural Buckingham, celebrating the 103rd anniversary of the first graduating class. Over 100 invites have been mailed. Social hour is 5 p.m. followed by dinner at 6 p.m.; catering by ...
June will be an interesting month in the sky. Saturn and Venus will be far enough from the Sun to be seen easily before dawn. Saturn will lead the way and will be unmistakable in the southeastern sky in the western end of the large, dim constellation Pisces (the Fish). Brilliant Venus will ...
DYSART – On Thursday, May 8, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation (DGLF) announced the award of nearly $100,000 in literacy grants to Iowa nonprofit organizations, libraries and schools. The funds are a part of a record-setting, one-day donation in the Foundation’s history of more than ...
HARROGATE, Tenn. – Gracen Klima of La Porte City was recently named to the Lincoln Memorial University Dean's List for the spring semester of 2025. Klima is seeking a Bachelor of Business Administration. To be placed on the Dean's List, the student must be a full-time undergraduate and have a ...
FAYETTE – Upper Iowa University (UIU) celebrated academic excellence during its annual Honors & Awards Banquet on Saturday, April 12, at the Fayette Campus. More than $432,000 in scholarships were awarded through 212 individual recognitions including the following local ...