AMES – The following area students are ranked among the Top 2% of students in their college at Iowa State University. Congratulations on your achievements from Tama-Grundy Publishing! –Timothy Freeland, Junior, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dysart –Carlie Spore, Junior, College ...
DYSART – After first leasing office space in downtown Dysart more than two years ago, the Virginia-based company Apex Clean Energy – better known by its commercial wind energy project name, Winding Stair Wind – has terminated its leases with Tama County landowners. “Apex Clean Energy ...
DYSART – Gloria Hadachek and Kori Hatch are feeling pretty lucky lately and not just because St. Patrick’s Day is around the corner. The duo – both from Dysart – recently purchased the East Central Region Lucky Wife Wine Slushies franchise territory and ever since have been busily ...
VINTON — At the sake of using a baseball metaphor for football, Vinton-Shellsburg made a “home run” hire as the Vikings’ new head football coach. Former Union High School and Buena Vista University head football Joe Hadachek was formally announced on Friday, Feb. 23 as the Vikings’ ...
LA PORTE CITY – Union Knights boys basketball head coach Corey Lorenzen was recently named NICL East Coach of the Year. The 2023-24 season was Lorenzen’s final season as a member of the Knights coaching staff. He coached the team this year to an 11-12 record overall and second in the ...
DYSART – Dysart’s annual ‘Iowa’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade’ is set to promenade down Main Street for the third year running but with one wee tweak. “Jenna Scott [of Harper’s Public House] and I thought Saturday would work better for everyone,” Mayor Tim Glenn ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School Board of Education has hired Grundmeyer Leadership Services to oversee the district’s search for a new principal. During the board’s January monthly meeting, a dozen early retirement applications were approved including that of La Porte City ...
Embrace the Luck of the Irish: Donate Blood this St. Patrick's Day Season! Every 2 seconds, someone needs a lifesaving blood transfusion. Your local hospital relies entirely on blood donors from the community through LifeServe. Let's paint the town green with acts of kindness! Roll up your ...
DYSART – Four state legislators whose districts cover a portion of Tama County sat down for some caffeine and kolaches with their constituents at Harper’s Public House last Saturday morning as part of a legislative forum hosted by the Tama County Farm Bureau. Legislators in attendance ...
ALTOONA – Tama-Benton Cooperative is thrilled to announce that Dwaine Freemon has been awarded the prestigious title of Iowa Commercial Applicator of the Year at the Agribusiness Association of Iowa (AAI) Conference held in Altoona, Iowa, last month. Freemon, an esteemed member of the ...