The Tama County Soil and Water Conservation District office recently announced its 2022 Stewardship Week Poster Contest winners. This year's theme was "Healthy Soil, Healthy Life." The countywide winner was Union fourth grader Cooper Youngblut. Youngblut attends Dysart-Geneseo Elementary in ...
More than 5,500 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the Dean's List for the 2022 spring semester. Dean's list status was earned by 714 first-year undergraduates during the 2022 spring semester at Iowa – only 1,268 second-year students, only 1,559 third-year ...
The doors to the Traer Historical Museum will be open a lot more consistently this summer following the hiring of museum intern Tristen Prouse. Prouse – a Buckingham native and Union High School 2021 graduate majoring in Economics at the University of Northern Iowa – joined the museum ...
Approximately 9,500 Iowa State University students have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the spring semester 2022 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 minimum ...
Iowa State University honored more than 4,700 students who received degrees during spring commencement ceremonies on May 12-14. Spring graduates from the area include: Clutier, Iowa Amanda Arp, Doctor of Philosophy, Rhetoric and Professional Communication Dysart, Iowa Taylor Short, ...
Fifteen northeast Iowa students will each receive a $1,000 scholarship next school year for health care-related studies. The Friends of MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center as well as the Friends of MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center came together to select and honor the 2022 Friends as well as ...
A prairie plant propagation story four painstaking years in the making came full circle on Thursday, May 26, at UNI’s Irvine Prairie in northwest Benton County thanks to the assistance of a pair of Union High School science classes. The Irvine Prairie – a 77-acre prairie-in-progress ...
A community baby shower will be held on June 4 from 9 a.m. to noon at the South Tama Elementary Cafeteria in Tama. Any expecting mother that attends will receive a free diaper bag and will be entered to win a free car seat or a pack n’ play. Shower participants will receive newborn supplies ...
North Tama Elementary held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, May 24, to welcome a new book vending machine. Principal Susan Johnson cut the ribbon and welcomed the first users of the new machine. For the first round of books, staff members were asked to submit students’ names who have ...
Join Tama County Women, Land & Legacy for its upcoming event, “The Buzz on Iowa Beekeeping.” It will be held on Monday, June 6, at the Tama Civic Center, 305 Siegel Street in Tama. Registration and dessert will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the event beginning at 7:00 p.m. This event is ...