RURAL CLUTIER – As the sound of hymns sung by some 150 parishioners escaped the slightly ajar doors to rural Clutier’s St. Wenceslaus Oratory last Sunday, June 7, the Prince of Peace (Catholic) Cluster celebrated the annual Corpus Christi Mass and procession for the first time under ...
DYSART – Union Middle School will begin the 2026-27 school year this coming August with a new principal at the helm following Wayne Slack’s resignation. During a special meeting of the Union school board convened on Wednesday, June 3, directors approved Slack’s resignation from the ...
TRAER – Sunrise Hill Care & Rehab Center is proud to announce that it has been named a 2026 Best Skilled Nursing Facility, ranking in the top 5% of facilities nationwide, by the Women’s Choice Award®, a national recognition program that identifies the skilled nursing facilities that ...
This article first appeared in the Sun Courier newspaper and is dedicated to the citizens of Lincoln, past and present. It describes what it was like to live in that community during the author’s formative years (the 1950s). If the stories of our past are not shared, they will vanish with ...
TRAER – A Granger Reunion will be held at Traer’s Taylor Park on Sunday, June 28, beginning at noon. Many of the reunion attendees are descendants of Eleazer and Eliza Granger Stoakes. Sarah Stoakes Thomas and Eleazer Stoakes were sister and brother. Gary Gute is restoring the B.F. and ...
TRAER – At the conclusion of the 2025-26 school year late last month, North Tama marked just one retirement, elementary office manager Cindy Zimple. But considering all the roles she’s held since first joining the district more than six years ago, her departure will be felt throughout the ...
This photo was taken in June 1956. Mark Nechanicky is shown here next to corn plants infested with European Corn Borer. European Corn Borer moths arrive on air currents from the Gulf of Mexico in late May and hatch in mid to late June. Note the holes and feeding on the leaves of the corn ...
DES MOINES – On Monday, June 8, Democratic nominee for governor Rob Sand announced that Crawford County Supervisor Dave Muhlbauer will join the ticket as candidate for lieutenant governor. “A fifth-generation family farmer and cattleman from Crawford County, Dave Muhlbauer represents the ...
TOLEDO – There was a lot of conversation, but not a lot of action at the Monday, June 1 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. Everything kicked off with multiple residents of 290th Street expressing concerns about dust control on their road. The 290th bunch said they had a deal with ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School District achieved record results on several financial indicators in fiscal year 2025, according to its financial report from the Iowa Association of School Boards. For the 10th consecutive fiscal year, general fund revenues exceeded expenditures. ...