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Education

Candidates file for upcoming city, school elections across northern Tama Co.

TAMA COUNTY – The deadline to file as a candidate for the Tuesday, Nov. 7 city and school elections came and went last week with mostly incumbents vying for local seats alongside several newcomers. For the second time in as many municipal elections, Union Community Schools’ District 1 ...

Help turn Taylor Park into a ‘Field of Flags’

TRAER – The North Tama National Honor Society is hosting a fundraiser in honor of Veterans Day with the non-profit organization Disabled American Veterans (DAV) called Field of Flags. For every $10 donated to the fundraiser, one flag will be placed in Traer’s Taylor Park near the new ...

Local students, businesses donate to DG playground fundraiser

DYSART – Contributions to Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School’s playground fundraiser continue to build with several recent donations coming from not just local businesses, but from students themselves including third-grader Breck Kaiser. Kaiser saved his allowance over summer break in ...

Hawkeye Community College announces summer graduates

WATERLOO – The following are Hawkeye Community College summer semester graduates and their programs of study in your local area. Elberon -Luke Pailthorpe, AA Liberal Arts La Porte City -Maya Douglas, AA Transfer Major: Criminal Justice -Chase Hoy, AA Liberal Arts -Riley Rosauer, ...

Online Grant Writing 101 Workshop scheduled Oct. 3

Representatives of nonprofits, governmental entities and school districts are encouraged to register for Grant Writing 101, an online workshop from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, October 3. Grant Writing 101 is a workshop created by ISU Extension and Outreach Community and Economic ...

Union pumps the brakes on bus driver shortage while still looking to hire

DYSART – While the wheels on Union’s buses will continue to go ‘round and round’ this new school year as always, the district is still confronting a stubborn scarcity of drivers to operate those wheels – only pumping the brakes on the shortage with the help of subs. Last Friday ...

North Tama 2023-24 new staff

TRAER - North Tama added more than a dozen new staff members for the 2023-24 school year including (l-r) Tammy Kimbrell (foodservice/kitchen assistant ), Amanda Hall (elementary secretary), Hannah Donelson-Brown (paraeducator), Jaceline Rogers (bus driver), Molly Ramirez (sixth grade ...

Union 2023-24 new staff

Union Schools added five new certified staff members for the 2023-24 school year including Kelsi Stoner (third grade teacher/D-G Elementary), Sydney Sanford (school counselor/D-G Elementary), Hannah Black (school counselor/La Porte City Elementary), Sage Goddard (special education/La Porte ...