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Education

Virtual teacher license renewal course dives into Iowa Core finance topics

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 ...

Redhawks honored at 2025 fall sports kickoff

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 ...

Hanson places top-10 at Iowa FFA Livestock Evaluation Career Development Event

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 ...

Newly established Tama-Toledo Christian School opens, meets target enrollment

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 ...

Welcome Back, Knights!

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 ...

Union welcomes new teachers

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 ...

Union bond referendum website now available

LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School District has launched a new website at www.uknighted4u.org to provide residents with information about the $18.5 million general obligation bond referendum on the November 4, 2025 ballot. The site includes information about the district’s ...

Tama County 4-H delivers a summer of discovery, creativity, and community

TOLEDO – From fishing poles to paintbrushes, LEGOs to recipes, Tama County 4-H offered a whirlwind of summer adventures that brought youth together for hands-on learning, laughter, and leadership. Thank you to the youth and partners who participated! This year’s lineup of camps and ...

Going with the flow

DYSART – On a recent Thursday morning in July, in the soggy back parking lot of Union Middle School, Tama-Benton Cooperative general manager and school board president Ben Schemmel convened a group of agriculture, business, school, and government leaders, but not to talk corn, beans, or ...