REINBECK – The Reinbeck Art Festival and Car Show is fast approaching. The date is Saturday, September 16, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in downtown Reinbeck. Bring a carload of family and friends to enjoy hours of fun for adults and children. You’ll find artists and fine crafters in ...
September will be an interesting month in the sky. Although the planets that were in the western evening sky are gone, Saturn will be present all night, and very bright Jupiter will rise at about 10:30 p.m. as September begins and 8:30 at the end of the month. It will be high in the south by ...
INDEPENDENCE – The Union Knights netters tipped off the 2023-24 season with a tournament win in Independence on Saturday alongside a Class 3A preseason No. 4 ranking. The Knights took down Janesville 2-1 (22-20, 8-21, 14-16), Independence 2-0 (21-18, 21-17), and Oelwein 2-1 (18-21, 21-8, ...
HUDSON – Playing without their starting quarterback Kolt Knaack for the first half of the game last Friday night, the Redhawks gave up their season opener, 24-2, to Hudson. Knaack, a junior, was ineligible for the first half due to issues that first year head coach Andrew Knaack declined ...
TRAER – North Tama football looks to get back to its hard-nosed roots this fall. Under new head coach Andrew Knaack, the Redhawks are looking for 100 percent effort with around 30 kids suiting up on Friday nights this fall. “The kids we roll out every Friday night are gonna be ready ...
BUCKINGHAM - In an update to an earlier story, the Tama County Sheriff's Office this afternoon released the name of the individual who was discovered deceased on Monday, Aug. 14, near a rural Tama County residence east of Buckingham that had exploded and caught fire earlier that same morning. ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union Knights football team is returning this season with the experience necessary for success and a chance at a winning record. “[W]e have three or four seniors who have played significant varsity minutes since they were sophomores, and last year seven sophomores ...
CLUTIER – Three live turtles who usually make their homes in the basement of Otter Creek Lake & Park Nature Center safely crossed several roads (by vehicle) earlier this month while on a field trip to Clutier as part of the public library’s summer programming. The turtle ambassadors ...
RURAL TOLEDO – Despite a scarcity of public information, it appears Tama County Conservation Director Stephen Mayne has resigned. This past Monday in an email exchange with Tama-Grundy Publishing, Tama County Attorney Brent Heeren told the newspaper it was his understanding that Director ...
DYSART – The Vision Dysart Committee is inviting everyone to an evening of fun and music at Dysart’s new Main Street Pocket Park on August 31 from 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. The popular Buck Hollow Band from Decorah will be playing during the evening with time out at 7 p.m. ...