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Education

Area high school students attend 67th Tama County Government Day

TOLEDO – Last Wednesday, Tama County’s American Legion posts and Auxiliary units hosted the 67th Tama County Government Day, welcoming high school juniors and seniors from area school districts to Toledo as part of an annual effort to teach students the importance of local, county ...

Tracey Hulme honored as a ‘2024 Gold Star Outstanding Teacher’

WATERLOO – North Tama High School graduate and Traer resident Tracey Hulme has been named a ‘Gold Star’ teacher in Black Hawk County. Last week, KWWL and the R.J. McElroy Trust announced the 10 recipients of the 2024 Gold Star Outstanding Teacher award including Hulme who works as a ...

Brehm named 2024 National Merit Scholarship Finalist

LA PORTE CITY – Adam Brehm, a senior at Union High School, was recently announced as a 2024 National Merit Scholarship Finalist. Brehm is one of only 15,000 seniors receiving the designation out of 1.3 million students who entered the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. Students enter ...

Union approves sharing agreement with La Porte City

LA PORTE CITY - Union Community School District and the City of La Porte will soon share more than just a geographic location. During the Monday, April 1, special meeting of the Union Board of Education held at the high school, Superintendent John Howard shared that the La Porte City Council ...

North Tama FFA to provide free farmer breakfast April 20

TRAER – National Agriculture Week was recently celebrated but North Tama FFA knows that we should celebrate farmers all year long. FFA is a student organization for those interested in agriculture and leadership. Through classes at North Tama, youth learn about horticulture, animal science, ...

North Tama approves operational sharing agreement with South Tama

Telegraph note: This story has been updated with the correct sharing incentive student numbers for superintendent and operations/maintenance management positions. TRAER – The North and South Tama school districts have officially agreed to unite in more ways than one. During last ...

Central Rivers AEA, area school district leaders react to new law

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the much discussed Area Education Agencies (AEA) reform bill into law last Wednesday, March 27, just a day after the Iowa Senate approved the legislation. House File 2612 (HF2612) passed the Senate on March 26 on a 30-18 vote, with Sen. Annette Sweeney (R-Iowa Falls) ...

​​Jasmyn Bush accepted at Palmer College of Chiropractic

DAVENPORT – Jasmyn Bush of La Porte City has been accepted for enrollment for the 2024 spring trimester in the Doctor of Chiropractic degree program at Palmer College of Chiropractic's Main Campus in Davenport, Iowa. Palmer College of Chiropractic, the first and largest college in the ...