DYSART – Union Middle School has been named a 2025–2026 Capturing Kids’ Hearts® National Showcase School, recognizing the campus for its intentional focus on relationships, student engagement, and a positive learning environment. This designation is awarded to schools that are creating ...
WATERLOO – Union High School celebrated prom last Saturday, April 11, beginning with the Grand March (open to the public) in the high school auditorium in La Porte City followed by dinner at the Courtyard Marriott in Waterloo and then dancing/after prom activities at Cedar Valley SportsPlex. ...
TRAER – Following months of discussion and late night meetings, the North Tama school board has prioritized how to spend the roughly $1,000,000 in general obligation bond revenues remaining from Phase 1 facility improvements financed by a $14.85 million bond referendum. “After our last ...
GLADBROOK – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County is pleased to bring Words on Wellness LIVE!, an in-person program designed to bring people together for lively conversation, practical health tips, and a shared taste of something delicious to the Gladbrook community ...
DES MOINES – More than 400 high school students from across Iowa along with nearly 40 employers participated in the annual State Career Development Conference (CDC) held in Des Moines Thursday, March 26, including North Tama iJAG (Iowa’s Jobs for America’s Graduates) students Isabella ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Several members of North Tama’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America chapter attended the annual Iowa FCCLA Leadership Conference in Cedar Rapids March 22-24. Among the highlights, sophomore Silas Johnson and seventh-grader Elyza Donaldson earned first place team ...
LA PORTE CITY – Recent testing recently completed at Union Community School District’s four educational facilities found no unsafe levels of radon. Radon is a naturally occurring gas in the ground that can enter buildings through foundation cracks, gaps, joints, and water supplies. The ...
WAVERLY – Dysart’s Becca Payne is part of a team of students from Wartburg College's Department of Journalism & Communication who premiered their documentary, "More Than a Team: A Knight's Legacy," this past Thursday, April 9, in Neumann Auditorium. The event, which was hosted in ...
TRAER – On Tuesday, March 24, seven North Tama sophomore students were inducted into the Perry Chapter of the National Honor Society. The ceremony took place in the main gymnasium. NHS membership is based upon the four pillars of Scholarship, Service, Leadership, and Character. North ...
TRAER – Last fall’s well-received freezer meal fundraiser sponsored by North Tama’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America chapter is back and this time open to the wider public. For those with students at North Tama, samples of the three fundraiser offerings will again be ...