Fire Prevention Week took place October 3-9 this year. The annual event has long been celebrated by local fire departments across the country as an avenue to educate children — and by extension the greater public — around fire safety and prevention. Both the Dysart and Traer fire ...
North Tama celebrated Fall Senior Night 2021 on Dennis Field ahead of the Redhawks football game against Wapsie Valley on Friday, October 8. Football, cross country, and cheer athletes and members of the marching band were honored alongside their parents/guardians. Volleyball athletes were ...
The Union Community School District held a regular board meeting Monday, September 20 beginning at 6 p.m. in the Union High School Media Center with all members present. Masking is addressed Superintendent Travis Fleshner reported to the board local COVID-19 positive case numbers are up at ...
North Tama eighth graders took a trip back in time on Wednesday, September 15 by exploring a piece of their heritage — a prairie. Iowa’s landscape was once dominated by prairie grasses — roughly 80 percent, the largest percentage in the nation — but today Iowa’s children have little ...
Arielle (Belle) Weber of Buckingham was recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to pursue a degree in medicine. MercyOne Friends of Cedar Falls Medical Center selected six recipients this year to receive a $1,000 scholarship including Weber. The scholarships are awarded thanks to generous ...
The North Tama School Board whittled their long range master plan for facilities from nine options down to three during a special board work session on Tuesday, August 31. Architects Devin Kack and Nicholas Kent with the firm Plunkett Raysich Architects (PRA) were in attendance and provided ...
A perfect score. Union High School senior Gabriel Jesse received a perfect composite score of 36 on the ACT college admission test he took this past June — something that hasn’t been done by a Union student since 2013, according to High School Counselor Amy Kriz. The average composite ...
Union High School in La Porte City welcomed six new staff members. From left to right: Greta Winkel (Special Education), Kathy Weivoda (Math), Trey Kuhens (Social Studies), Stephania Sauer (Special Education), Casey Tecklenburg (6-12 Vocal Music), and Michael Bruns (At Risk Coordinator and ...