AMES – Five Union High School students recently attended the 13th annual World Food Prize Iowa Youth Institute (IYI) in Ames where they were among the 277 students representing 89 Iowa high schools who gathered with 85 Iowa State University educators to explore pressing global food security ...
Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team (MIYBT) members including Olivia Hanson (Union High School), Ryan Hosek (North Tama High School), William Kroneman (Benton Community High School), Kaylynn Murty (South Tama High School), and Adelynn Sienknecht (North Tama High School) each recently earned a $2,000 Iowa ...
MONTOUR – Graduates of the Montour School will be celebrating their 137th Anniversary on Saturday, May 25 at the Montour Community Center. The first graduating class in 1881 had only two students, Nelle Blake and Gertrude Poyneer. All graduates, as well as anyone interested in the Montour ...
PELLA – North Tama High School alumna Andrea ‘Andi’ Dvorak of Clutier was recently inducted in Central College's 2024 National Society of Leadership and Success. Dvorak is a member of the Class of 2026. Central College of Pella, Iowa, is a private, four-year college known for its ...
LA PORTE CITY – Central Rivers Area Education Agency (CRAEA) is pleased to announce that Lisa Anton, special education paraeducator at Union High School in La Porte City, is the 2023-24 recipient of the CRAEA ‘Above and Beyond the Call’ (ABC) Paraeducator Award! Anton’s peers ...
TRAER - May is School Board Recognition Month in Iowa, honoring those who serve on Boards of Education in school districts across the state. These dedicated public servants become school board members because they are committed to improving public education and their communities. Our board ...
TAMA COUNTY – Tama County 4-H is excited to offer the following summer programs to all youth of Tama County. Find the camps and registration forms on our website at https://www.extension.iastate.edu/tama/youth-programs. For more information, contact the Tama County Extension and Outreach ...
TRAER – Piano students of Sharon Owens and Carri Holst held a piano recital April 21 at the Kupka Cultural Center in the Traer Public Library. Twenty-three students performed, ranging from first grade to 12th grade. Following the program, a reception to congratulate the students on their ...
PITTSBURG – The Union High School Academic Decathlon team competed at the Technology & Humanity National Academic Decathlon on April 25-27, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team qualified for this event by placing first this year in the small schools in the state of Iowa. We had ...
WAVERLY – Becca Payne of Dysart was recognized at the Iowa Broadcast News Association's annual conference in April. Payne received third place in Best Newscast. KWAR is advised by Pam Ohrt, and Knight Vision News is advised by Ron Johnson. Lucas Wendland is the broadcast engineer. Wartburg ...