Two Union High School students have been selected to attend the Iowa All State Music Festival. This is the highest individual honor an Iowa high school musician can receive. Seniors Matthew Carlson, son of Steph and Reid Carlson, and Samuel Klein, son of Shane and Sara Klein were selected for ...
On Oct. 26, the Forty and Eight veterans' organization Local 568 awarded nurse training scholarships to seven deserving young ladies who are nearing the completion of nurse's training. Pictured left to right: Melissa Robert, of Iowa Falls, Briridianna Vargas Acosta, of Marshalltown, Fred Koch ...
Students from Jean Matzen’s North Tama Schools eighth grade science classes visited the Irvine Prairie located in rural Dysart on a blustery Friday afternoon earlier this month. Members of the University of Northern Iowa’s Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) – including Plant Materials Program ...
A much-anticipated school event took place last week for many of the area’s youngest learners – Fire Prevention Week – with classes from both North Tama and Union school districts receiving rides on local fire trucks and tours of local fire stations on Thursday. In Traer, both the ...
Matthew Thacker of Dysart was conferred a Certificate in Emergency Medical Services by Mercy College of Health Sciences. To learn more about the health science programs offered at Mercy College visit the website at www.mchs.edu. Mercy College is the only Catholic college in Central Iowa ...
Residents of the North Tama County Community School District provided valuable input and feedback on the district’s facility needs through a recent community-wide survey. The survey, which was open from September 14 through October 4, asked residents to review the facility needs and provide ...
Union’s breakfast and lunch menus featured some special items last week in honor of all things local and fresh. The district celebrated the annual Iowa Local Food Day on Wednesday, Sept. 28 by partnering with seven local farms including the district’s own Ag Science/FFA Garden. The Iowa ...
The Union Knight’s annual Homecoming run is taking on new poignancy this year. Next Friday, Sept. 30 while Union’s football team is busy readying for their Homecoming match-up with the Oelwein Huskies, members of the school’s cross country team will be lacing up to run the game ball ...
The North Tama County Community School District is inviting community members to take a survey to evaluate and provide input on potential solutions to the district’s facility needs. The anonymous survey will be open through the end of the day on Tuesday, October 4. “Over the past 18 ...
Under the guidance of music teacher Terry Shay, students at North Tama observed International Dot Day last Thursday, Sept. 15. Dot Day – a celebration of courage and creativity – was founded by Shay back in 2009 in conjunction with Peter H. Reynolds, author/illustrator of the children’s ...