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 ...
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 ...
DYSART – Pictured are the 2023-24 Dysart Geneseo Elementary School kindergartners showing off their new books provided by the Fine Arts Women’s Club to promote reading.
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 ...
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, ...
DES MOINES – State Treasurer Roby Smith is celebrating College Savings Month by sharing the benefits of saving for education costs. "For College Savings Month, I'm reminding parents, grandparents, other relatives and friends that anyone can open a College Savings Iowa 529 Plan account to save ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...