TRAER – The North Tama County Community School District literally rolled out the red carpet for students on Friday, Sept. 5, as they made their way through the front and back entrances for the first day of the 2025-26 school year. “A couple of years ago, we started a new tradition at ...
DYSART – Union Community School District staff and students at Dysart-Geneseo Elementary welcomed Iowa Department of Education (IDOE) Director McKenzie Snow on Thursday, Sept. 4, as part of her recent visits to schools in each of the state’s nine Area Education Agency (AEA) ...
WATERLOO – The following are Hawkeye Community College summer graduates and their programs of study in the local area. -Zoe Jans; Dysart; Intermediate Manufacturing Welding:GTAW, Carbon Steel, Aluminumý & Stainless Steel; Diploma -Jenna Yilek; Garwin; Physical Therapist Assistant; ...
AMES – Iowa educators wanting to do a deep dive into finance topics but need flexibility have until Oct. 21 to register for “Small Change: Building Financial Security for Educators.” This Iowa State University Extension and Outreach blended course starts Tuesday, Oct. 28, with an ...
TRAER – North Tama’s Redhawk Recognition Night honored several 2024-25 athletic achievements on Wednesday, Aug. 20 prior to the varsity football team taking the field for a public practice as part of their inaugural season playing 8-Man. Junior/Senior awards The award for Outstanding ...
AMES – The La Porte-Dysart FFA Chapter traveled to Ames last month for the annual Iowa FFA Livestock Evaluation Career Development Event where senior Jillian Hanson earned a top-10 placement individually out of 163 participating members from across 51 chapters. During the Aug. 23 event held ...
GLADBROOK – Tama County Women, Land & Legacy (WLL) announces its 53rd event, “Soil to Shelter: High Tunnel Production.” The event will be held on Thursday, Sept. 25 at MadAcre Farms, 1175 F Avenue in rural Gladbrook. Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the event beginning at 6 ...
TOLEDO – A new era in local education began on Monday, Aug. 25, as the newly established, nondenominational Tama-Toledo Christian School (TTCS) welcomed 33 students in grades K-8 for the first time inside the renovated former Catholic church at 600 Oswego St. in Tama. The newspaper caught ...
DYSART – Students in the Union Community School District put their best foot forward this past Monday, Aug. 25, on what was the first day of the 2025-26 school year. And as he has every year since beginning in the fall of 2022, Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School Principal Derek Weber ...
LA PORTE CITY – On Wednesday, Aug. 13, the Union Community School District celebrated the district’s newest educators including elementary music teacher Denali Jacobson (second from left), high school science teacher Madison McKenna (center), and high school band teacher Levi Temple (second ...