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Clutier News

Hulme earns Dean’s List honors

CEDAR RAPIDS – Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean's List for the summer 2026 semester. Emily Hulme of rural Clutier has achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after completing 12 or more credit hours at the college. Congratulations!

Hora-Machacek Unit 453 holds meeting, plans for sewing days

CLUTIER – The Hora-Machacek Unit 453 of the American Legion Auxiliary met Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Clutier Legion Hall at 1:30 p.m. There were only four members in attendance. Minutes were read and approved and the treasurer's report given and placed on file. Report was given on the County ...

Clutier mayor addresses road use tax with supervisors

TOLEDO – As the morning dew sparkled and glittered on the blades of grass, the sun rose anew and brought together the usual batch of outspoken citizens to witness the weekly rhapsody in bureaucracy at the Monday, Aug. 3 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. The roads report was given, ...

Like old times

CLUTIER – The four-piece polka band Barefoot Becky & the Ivanhoe Dutchmen headlined a packed ZCBJ Hall in Clutier last Friday night, July 31, after rain forced the annual Bohemian Plum Festival band concert, coordinated by Tracy Sienkneckt, to relocate inside from its usual Main Street ...

Bohemian Plum Festival concert set for next Friday in Clutier

CLUTIER – After jubilantly celebrating 125 years as a community last summer, Clutier will not be hosting its annual Fun Day celebration in 2026. But worry not, polka fans, the annual Bohemian Plum Festival street concert is still a go for next Friday. “Sorry, but there will be no Fun Days ...

Flag retirement ceremony held in Clutier

CLUTIER – As part of the joint meeting of the Tama County American Legion and Auxiliary held on Tuesday, June 23, at the Post home in Clutier, many flags were retired under The American Legion’s solemn Ceremony for the Disposal of Unserviceable Flags.

Significant upgrades completed at Clutier Legion Hall

CLUTIER – Over the past two years, several building improvements have been completed at the Clutier American Legion Hall, Hora-Machacek Post #453. In 2025, the entire exterior was updated with new maintenance-free vinyl siding, soffits, and gutters. This past year in 2026, a new ...

Hora-Machacek Unit 453 holds June meeting

CLUTIER – The Clutier Hora-Machacek Legion Auxiliary Unit 453 met on Tuesday, June 2, at the Pizza Ranch in Grinnell. There were six members present. After a great meal, President Veronica Pavlicek called the meeting to order at 1 p.m. Those present were Veronica Pavlicek, Collette Wiebbecke, ...

Tama County American Legion and Auxiliary to hold flag disposal

CLUTIER – The Tama County American Legion and Auxiliary will meet on Tuesday, June 23, at the Clutier Legion Hall. There will be a potluck at 6 p.m. followed by a flag disposal ceremony. Following the flag disposal, the meeting of the joint Legion and Auxiliary will take place. If anyone has ...

‘O blessed Lady of the fields, who loved the rural folk’

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 ...