TRAER/LA PORTE CITY – North Tama County and Union high schools held commencement exercises for the Class of 2026 on Sunday, May 17 in their respective gymnasiums in Traer and La Porte City. While Union’s ceremony took place at the traditional 2 p.m., North Tama’s was held at 3 p.m. to ...
AREA – The upcoming Tuesday, June 2 primary election for Iowa House District 76 will be a straightforward contest with only one candidate filing in each of the major-party races. House District 76 encompasses the townships of Clark, Perry, Geneseo, and Buckingham in northeast Tama County ...
DYSART – The Dysart Community Foundation is announcing the distribution of $12,700 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 reading ...
AREA – The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team members have experienced a busy spring. On Saturday, April 11, team seniors Jillian Hanson (Union High School), Shelby Johnston (West Marshall High School), and Rhianna Murty (GMG High School) traveled to Ames, for the Iowa Cattlemen’s Foundation ...
Memorial Day's roots go back to the Civil War. Families cleaned and decorated the graves of fallen soldiers in late spring. The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), an association of Civil War Veterans, touted May 30 as Remembrance Day. The first official Decoration Day ceremony was held at ...
TRAER – On Sunday, May 24 (day before Memorial Day), the Traer American Legion Kubik-Finch Post 142 will conduct the following Memorial Day Cemetery Rifle Salute schedule. 8:15 a.m. – Meet at Memorial Building 8:45 a.m. – West Union Cemetery (1799 QQ Ave, Traer) 9:00 a.m. – St. ...
TOLEDO – Chairman Mark Doland was absent for the Monday, May 11 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting, so the second in charge, Supervisor Heather Knebel, ran the meeting. Kicking off the meeting with the roads report, it was said that rocking and chloride will be done this week, and ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School District continues to strengthen student literary outcomes through a two-year professional learning initiative focused on the Science of Reading and Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS). The district implemented the ...
MARSHALLTOWN – Phi Theta Kappa advisors Dr. Cecil Holland and Jen Gunderson are pleased to announce the induction of 62 students into the Alpha Iota Rho Chapter at Marshalltown Community College this spring. Students were formally recognized during an induction ceremony held Tuesday, April ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – The 2026 Kirkwood Community College Commencement Ceremony was held on Saturday, May 9, at 10 a.m. at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in downtown Cedar Rapids. Congratulations to all the Kirkwood graduates including those local students listed below by hometown. -Clutier: Emily ...