Ahead of the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing reporter Ruby McAllister sent questionnaires to all the local candidates in contested statehouse elections. This week we feature responses from those running for Iowa Senate District 38: Democratic incumbent Eric Giddens of ...
Eric Giddens, 50, is the Democratic incumbent for Senate District 38. He lives with his son Henry – a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Northern Iowa – and girlfriend Alison in Cedar Falls. Sen. Giddens earned a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech and a Master of ...
Dave Sires, 63, is the Republican nominee for Senate District 38. He lives with his wife Lisa – whom he first met in kindergarten and has been married to for 42 years – in Cedar Falls. Together they own and operate Cedar Village Community, a manufactured housing community, and Added Self ...
DYSART – On Wednesday, Oct. 9, during the Union school board’s special meeting held in Union Middle School’s media center, board members appointed Dysart resident Cady Schmidt to the open at-large seat which was vacated last month by Corey Lorenzen of La Porte City after he resigned on ...
Ahead of the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing correspondent Michael Davis sent questionnaires to all the candidates running for the Tama County Board of Supervisors. This week we feature responses from Curt Hilmer who is running for District 1 as a Republican and Heather ...
LA PORTE CITY – In less than four weeks, the voters in the Union Community School District will – for the first time in the history of the district (spanning nearly four decades) – vote on a bond. Specifically, on November 5, 2024, the voters will decide whether to authorize $20.5 million ...
DYSART – Dysart’s Youngblut Ag in partnership with Tama County Extension & Outreach recently hosted for the third time the annual ‘Ag Safety Day’ for Dysart-Geneseo Elementary students. According to Youngblut Ag business manager Cassidy Youngblut, on Sept. 26, DG students ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School District is expected to fill a vacant District At-Large school board seat by appointment during a special meeting scheduled for tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 9. The seat opened up in early September following former president Corey Lorenzen’s ...
LA PORTE CITY – Union Community School District celebrated Iowa Local Food Day last week on Wednesday, Sept. 25, over the lunch hour. For the celebration’s main course, the district served sloppy joes made with local beef from Ackley, Iowa; Snopac corn; kiwi berries from Deb’s Berry ...
DYSART – A cemetery walk will be held at St. Joseph’s Cemetery on the east side of Dysart on Sunday, October 6, starting at 2 p.m. The walk is sponsored by the Dysart Historical Society and is being conducted by Judy Raub. Participants should park on Estelle Street along the east end of the ...