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Education

North Tama Class of 1969 celebrates 55th reunion

TRAER – Members of the North Tama Class of 1969 celebrated their 55th reunion at this year’s Winding Stairs Festival held in early August. Those pictured include, first row (seated l-r): Anne (Hatton) Dengler, Janet (Beenken) McKenna, Deb (Hladik) Halupnick, Judy (Mundt) Burghart, Sue ...

North Tama hosts Veterans Day breakfast, assembly

TRAER - North Tama County Community School District held a Veterans Day breakfast and program on Monday, Nov. 11. High school students along with K-12 Principal Taylor Howard and high school history teacher Quentin Lamb served close to 40 people in the MPR beginning at 7:50 a.m., after ...

Union superintendent addresses Nov. 5 bond referendum results

LA PORTE CITY – Following the narrow failure of Union Community School District’s $20.5 million bond referendum on Tuesday, Nov. 5, Superintendent John Howard sent a letter to district families. The letter is printed in full below. Dear Families, I want to thank our community members for ...

North Tama school board approves Daniels’ graduation

TRAER – Jaxen Daniels, a member of North Tama High School Class of 2024, officially graduated during the Monday, Oct. 21 school board meeting held in the junior high commons. After a unanimous vote by those board members present approving Daniels had met all requirements for graduation, ...

Pest Control Operators CIC set for Dec. 4

TOLEDO – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County office will host a Pest Control Operators Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education ...

End of an era?

TRAER – These may be the waning days of Class A football at North Tama. Two years ago this December, the North Tama school board voted 5-2 to keep Redhawk varsity football in Class A (11-player) rather than drop to 8-Player despite the district sitting squarely at the bottom of the ...

Dancin’ with the Witches flash mob casts a spell in downtown Dysart

DYSART – On Thursday, Oct. 24, middle school and high school members of the Union Dance Team along with several other bewitched enthusiasts orchestrated a flash mob “witches dance” in front of Norma Anders Public Library in downtown Dysart as part of ‘Dancin’ with the ...

In the Sky: November

November will be a special month in the sky. Brilliant Venus will be climbing higher out of the twilight glow and Saturn will continue to dominate the southern sky. It will be almost in line with Fomalhaut in Piscis Austrinus (the Southern Fish) below and the two stars on the right side of the ...

Words on Wellness to meet in Garwin

GARWIN – Words on Wellness (WOW) LIVE! Is a monthly program that promotes a healthy lifestyle. The group meets on the third Tuesday of each month at noon at the Garwin Public Library to discuss relevant topics and sample a healthy recipe. Discussion is led by Cheryl Bruene from Iowa State ...

North Tama Class of 1974 celebrates 50th reunion

TRAER – Members of the North Tama Class of 1974 celebrated their 50th reunion at this year’s Winding Stairs Festival held in early August. Those pictured include, first row (l-r): Janet (Blocker) Ogesen, Sharon (Ingle) Stoakes, Jill (Vorba) Berger, Kristine (Gates) Ashworth, Susan (Catron) ...