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North Tama County High School announces 2025 Homecoming Court

TRAER – North Tama High School recently announced the Class of 2026 Homecoming Court. Queen candidates this year include Brooke Bradley, Kruiz Ewoldt, Adisyn Fuller, Cayleigh Heller, and Addison Hochstetler. King candidates include Bryce Dostal, Drayke Dvorak, Max Monat, Kayler Morris, ...

Come to the garden

DYSART – A beauteous refuge awaits in the heart of Dysart. And while it’s certainly not a secret sanctuary, the space has flown mostly under the radar since first blooming onto the scene in the summer of 2024. It is the Dysart United Methodist Church (DUMC) Oasis Garden – open to all ...

Soule Shop & Spa holds grand re-opening in former MercyOne clinic

DYSART – Soule Shop & Spa jumped a few curbs recently, moving from its original location on Main Street to the former MercyOne clinic at 501 Clark Street. To commemorate the upgrade, on Saturday, Sept. 20, the business, which first opened in the spring of 2024, held a grand ...

Unwinding History: Traer Pizza Palace corner

TRAER – While we wait to see the future of the Pizza Palace property in Traer (the restaurant’s owners retired in August), let’s look back at the early history of the SW corner of Main and First streets. It’s hard to imagine the corner with anything but a restaurant but in the early ...

Tama County 4-H prepares to ‘Go Beyond Ready’ for National 4-H Week

TOLEDO – Tama County 4-H is gearing up for an exciting celebration of National 4-H Week, taking place October 5–11. The National 4-H theme this year is ‘Beyond Ready: Building a Ready Generation in a World of Change’ which perfectly captures the energy and ambition of local youth who ...

Supervisors OK speed limit reduction, set public hearings on zoning fees

TOLEDO – During the Monday, Sept. 15 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting, the supervisors approved a small list of relatively routine items prior to the marathon discussion and eventual split vote on Salt Creek Wind Phase II. The board voted unanimously to reduce the speed limit to 35 ...

Clutier Auxiliary hold Sewing Day

CLUTIER – On Sept. 2, the Hora-Machacek Unit #453 of the American Legion Auxiliary held a sewing day which started at 9 a.m. Those helping to make lap quilts or work on plastic bags used for making mats for homeless veterans were Deb, Valerie, Collette, Pauline, Linda, Julia, Margaret and ...

In the Sky: October

October will be an interesting month in the sky. Unmistakable Saturn will rule the southern skies with a steady, pale-yellow light. Not only will it be a joy to observe, but its predictable motion, like the other orbiting planets and the Moon, can be used to find other stars and constellations. ...

‘We will never stop celebrating Ryan’s life’

TOLEDO – For a man of few words, Ryan Cooper’s family members offered up many of their own as part of two powerful victim impact statements made during Karina Sue Cooper’s sentencing hearing which took place last Friday, more than two months after she was found guilty of first-degree ...