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Tama Co. Conservation Summer Events Calendar

All events are free unless otherwise noted. Questions? Call Tama Co. Naturalist Raina Genaw at 641-484-2231 or email rgenaw@tamacounty.org. Friday, July 7: Bug Catching from noon to 2 p.m. at T.F. Clark Park. Catch some bugs and learn about them with a naturalist! Bug nets, containers, ...

Annual Carrie Chapman Catt Awards announced

DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announced 19 Iowa schools qualified for the Carrie Chapman Catt Award this school year. The award goes to schools that register at least 90 percent of their eligible students to vote. More than 2,600 high school students registered this year in ...

Correction

The photo that printed in last week’s edition picturing a representative from La Porte City Women’s Club donating to members of the Little Knights Learning Center (LKLC) incorrectly stated the check went to the LKLC in Dysart which is incorrect – the check was donated to the effort to ...

Hawkeye Community College announces spring 2023 Dean’s List

WATERLOO — Hawkeye Community College announces the Dean's List for the spring 2023 semester. The Dean's List is an official recognition of outstanding academic accomplishment by full-time students. To make the Dean’s List, an individual must be a full-time student and successfully complete ...

Iowa State University announces spring semester 2023 Dean’s List

AMES – More than 9,800 Iowa State University students have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the spring semester Dean’s List. Students named to the Dean’s List must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale while carrying a ...

Upper Iowa University announces Spring 2023 Dean’s List

FAYETTE – Upper Iowa University recently announced the Dean's List for the 2023 spring semester. To be honored, a student must have earned a minimum 3.50 grade point average for the semester and be enrolled as a full-time student. The following students from the North Tama Telegraph area ...

DG Elementary asks community to help swing a new playground

DYSART – For years, the poor condition of Dysart-Geneseo Elementary’s almost 35-year-old playground was something district administrators had to let slide – but not any longer following a recent decision to say goodbye to the aging structure. During the school’s final assembly of ...

La Porte City Women’s Club donates $4K to Little Knights LPC Campus

LA PORTE CITY - The La Porte City Women’s Club voted during the group’s May meeting to donate a substantial amount to the effort to establish a Little Knights Learning Center (LKLC) in La Porte City. A donation of $4,000 from the LPC Women’s Club to the future daycare was shared that ...

Traer P.E.O. awards scholarship

TRAER - Traer's P.E.O. Chapter awarded scholarships to seniors (left to right) Grace Lidgett, Madison McKee, and Ella McKiernan during North Tama’s annual Senior Awards Night ceremony held on May 16 in the high school gym. Scholarships were presented by P.E.O. president Marguerite Hulme.

Union students help increase plant diversity at Irvine Prairie

Almost 80 students from Union High School joined forces with staff of the Tallgrass Prairie Center, AmeriCorps service members, and UNI students on May 25 to transplant more than 2,300 native plants at Irvine Prairie located in rural Dysart. Under the direction of TPC staff and Union science ...