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North Tama Class of 1999 celebrates 25th reunion

TRAER – Members of the North Tama Class of 1999 celebrated their 25th reunion at this year’s Winding Stairs Festival held in early August. Those pictured include, first row (l-r): Jennifer (Himschoot) Dvorak, Leigh (Staker) Sell, Janel (Ruzicka) Dvorak, Alicia Jacobs, and Amy Nachazel; ...

Salt Creek Wind issued new zoning certificates

TOLEDO – In what has become a multiyear saga mired in controversy, the developers behind Salt Creek Wind (SCW) – the latest iteration of a central Tama County commercial wind energy project – might finally begin construction following the outcome of a contentious Tama County Zoning ...

Union High School stages ‘Things That Go Bump in the Night’

LA PORTE CITY – Last weekend there was an abundance of peculiar clinking, scraping, and tapping sounds taking place on Union High School’s Matt Auditorium stage as members of the school’s theater department skillfully performed the comedy mystery “Things That Go Bump in the Night” ...

North Tama tackles football classification issue; board votes to go 8-Player

TRAER – In the end the decision was quick and without much fanfare. During the Monday, Nov. 18 regular monthly meeting of the North Tama school board, a majority of members decided the time had finally come to drop from Class A varsity football to 8-Player. Following a very brief ...

News & notes from last week’s Tama County Board of Supervisors

TOLEDO – As the morning frost fought a losing battle against the rising sun of the new day, locals stretched, yawned, and made their way to the Nov. 12 meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors. Held on Tuesday due to the Veterans Day holiday, the meeting started off like it does most ...

North Tama Class of 1969 celebrates 55th reunion

TRAER – Members of the North Tama Class of 1969 celebrated their 55th reunion at this year’s Winding Stairs Festival held in early August. Those pictured include, first row (seated l-r): Anne (Hatton) Dengler, Janet (Beenken) McKenna, Deb (Hladik) Halupnick, Judy (Mundt) Burghart, Sue ...

North Tama hosts Veterans Day breakfast, assembly

TRAER - North Tama County Community School District held a Veterans Day breakfast and program on Monday, Nov. 11. High school students along with K-12 Principal Taylor Howard and high school history teacher Quentin Lamb served close to 40 people in the MPR beginning at 7:50 a.m., after ...

Redhawks fall in five-set state quarterfinal heartbreaker

CORALVILLE — The North Tama volleyball team opened the state tournament at Xtream Arena on Tuesday, Nov. 5, in heartbreaking fashion – falling to No. 4 Riverside in the Class 1A quarterfinals after what had been a glorious regional run. Fifth-seeded North Tama started hot, fell behind, ...