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Education

North Tama to host book fair March 28

North Tama is hosting a Scholastic Book Fair for students in grades preschool through junior high on Tuesday, March 28 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the main gym. Books, posters, and toys will be sold. All proceeds from the fair will go toward helping the North Tama School Library. Please join ...

Dysart native part of UNI advertising team’s Gold ADDY award

UNI students including Dysart native Tate Hookham won a prestigious Gold ADDY award at the AAF-Cedar Valley American Advertising Awards dinner on Friday, Feb. 24, adding an additional accolade earned by their “Quest With Me” creative campaign, developed last spring for Meta as part of ...

North Tama AD, football coach resigns

Redhawk football will be in need of a new head coach next season following the resignation of North Tama Athletic Director Taylor Wurth who has been head coach of the Class A team since joining the program in 2020. During Monday night’s school board meeting, Wurth’s resignation was ...

Let’s hear it for Mr. Shay!

It was a bittersweet North Tama Swing Show last Friday and Saturday nights in Traer as retiring vocal music teacher Terry Shay directed his final iteration of the music department’s annual variety show. Despite what the National Weather Service coined “menacing March snow” on ...

Skopec to be inducted into Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame

It’s been nearly 50 years since Michael Skopec wrestled for the University of Northern Iowa Panthers, but come this June it might seem like only yesterday as the longtime North Tama science teacher and his fellow 1974-75 Panther wrestlers are inducted into the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of ...

North Tama, Union Decathlon teams bring home medals

The North Tama and Union Academic Decathlon teams competed at State the weekend of March 4 and 5 in Urbandale, with North Tama placing seventh out of 12 schools for overall team score in the small school division, and Union placing first in the same division. Union’s championship win means ...

Special Election 2023: North Tama bond referendum narrowly fails by six votes

North Tama’s $14.25 million bond referendum fell just short of the 60% supermajority necessary during the special election held on Tuesday – six more votes and the first public measure would have passed. “The North Tama Board of Education and administration would like to thank our ...

Approved bond would address key facility needs in North Tama Schools

On Tuesday, March 7, residents of the North Tama County Community School District will vote on a bond issue. If it is approved, the district will move ahead on a series of key facility projects to address our schools’ most significant needs. The proposed projects include an east ...

North Tama 2022-23 Quarter 2 and Semester 1 Honor Rolls

The honor roll is based on the 4-point system. A 3.667 GPA is required for the ‘A’ Honor Roll, and a 3.000 GPA is required for the ‘B’ Honor Roll. Junior High Q2 A Honor Roll Isabella Allen Isla Breakenridge Brayton Cibula Shawna Cibula Grace Dvorak Kahlia Even Rebekah ...

Four Tama Co. school districts set to hold special elections March 7

March 7 will be a busy day for Tama County Elections Administrator Karen Rohrs as four schools with boundaries in the county hold special elections including North Tama, Benton Community, GMG, and Hawkeye Community College. Benton Community includes roughly six sections of the northeast ...