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Fields of Faith brings 500 youth together for lessons in life

Though the rain put a damper on the field part, the faith was as strong as ever for the 13th Annual Fields of Faith inside the Union High School gym, hosted by the Union FCA and featuring guest speakers, plenty of laughs and stories of belief to over 500 attendees.Youth from the communities of ...

Two vacancies highlight school board election

The North Tama Board of Education election will be held in conjunction with the local city council election on November 5 as two seats are vacant for the school board this year.In District 3 located in city limits, Haley Blaine runs unopposed for the school board seat after incumbent Mona ...

Wolfe final candidate for City Council

Jay Wolfe will be the fifth candidate running for Traer City Council in the November election, running a platform of experience as a business owner."Initially what got me into this situation was citizens approaching me to venture into this election based off what they knew I can do," Wolfe ...

Kennedy runs for City Council

Traer City Councilman Dahn Kennedy has announced she will not run for re-election after eight years after eight years in office, yet another woman named Kennedy hopes to occupy a seat after November 5.Trish Kennedy, a 14-year resident of Traer, will run for a council seat during the November 5 ...

Rausch to run for City Council

The 2019 city council election will see one final candidate as Matt Rausch has entered the race before the candidate filing deadline, joining two incumbents and a fellow challenger for three available seats."Being involved in the community is important to me and you can't complain about a ...

North Tama introduces brand new Tech Team

North Tama High School has created a new Tech Team club headed up by Levi LaRue, the district's new Technology Integrationist, and Keith Kennedy as the group has already begun providing services to Redhawk fans."Mr. Meister created a Technology Integrationist role last year and one of his ideas ...

Corbin continues hitting the greens at age 98

Richard Corbin may be 98 years young, but that hasn't stopped him from going out to Traer Golf and Country Club to off the greens and enjoy an afternoon on the course. Corbin moved to Traer in 1963, a neighbor across the street attempted to get him to golf. Four years later, the insurance ...

Holbach begins first year as Instructional Coach

Those used to seeing Katey Holbach in the junior high wing for English courses will instead find her in a new position as North Tama's Pre-K-12 Instructional Coach this school year."I'm excited to be working with both elementary and older students this year," Holbach said.In her position ...

North Tama FFA wins second in Big A Challenge

The North Tama FFA team were awarded the second place prize of $1,500 in the Iowa FFA Chapter Wins Pioneer Brand A-Series Soybeans Big A Challenge presented by Pioneer."When we found we won second prize, we were beyond thrilled," Matt Cibula, North TaFFA Advisor said. "We were just happy to get ...

Meister prepared for year two as North Tama secondary principal

Andrew Meister had heard much about North Tama for several years before being hired as Secondary Principal last year. His wife, Maegan, serves as the school district's curriculum director and would converse with Meister about everything from the community to the staff."We'd talk about how ...