STATE CENTER -- Over the last few months, festivalgoers and attendees of various patriotic events may have noticed a massive restored Vietnam-era Sikorsky UH-34D Marine Corps helicopter making conspicuous landings around central Iowa, and if Nicholas and Kimberly Turner of rural State Center ...
IOWA – Water and Wastewater Workers of Iowa Week is scheduled for Aug. 23 through Aug. 29, 2026. This marks the 16th year that a governor has signed a proclamation honoring the water and wastewater workers of Iowa. It is a week set aside for Iowans to honor those workers in the water and ...
TRAER – The 2026 Winding Stairs Festival grand parade took place last Saturday, Aug. 8, beginning at 4 p.m. Glorious weather provided the perfect backdrop for the festival’s “Harvest the Fun” theme. Longtime Traer residents Jared and Marilyn Bauch were the parade grand marshals. ...
TRAER – Just in time for high school football season, Traer’s water tower will soon sport a fresh Redhawk-themed paint scheme as part of a restoration project. “Work on the Traer water town has started,” Traer Municipal Utilities (TMU) General Manager Eric McEwen told the newspaper ...
TAMA – On Tuesday, June 2, no Republican candidate for Tama County Treasurer reached the 35% threshold required to be declared the winner of the primary election, sending the race to a county nominating convention held Tuesday, Aug. 4. In the primary vote, incumbent Amanda Kriegel received ...
MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT -- With a change of plans due to flooding at the Powwow Grounds, the 110th annual Meskwaki Powwow kicked off in earnest last Thursday, Aug. 6, at the outdoor arena behind the casino featuring an appearance from a special guest -- Chris Jones, the Democrat running for Iowa ...
IOWA – State regulators have suspended, without explanation, a nursing home administrator’s license to practice in Iowa. The Iowa Board of Nursing Home Administrators says that in April 2025, it received a complaint against the licensee Marcy Louise Martin, 51, concerning the ...
DYSART – The Dysart Historical Society’s annual Country School Day took place Monday, July 20, inside the organization’s well-preserved country school. This year's closing program was particularly special for one rural Clutier couple. “Our granddaughters attended the Country School ...
TRAER – North Tama High School Class of 2017 alumna Carlee Margaret Feisel, RN, BSN, has been charting an upward career path since graduating as class valedictorian nearly a decade ago. “I am delighted to announce some extraordinary news about my daughter,” Feisel’s mother, Tiffany, ...
GLADBROOK — The Tama County Livestock and Fair Association recognized three outstanding honorees on Tuesday, July 14, with its 2026 Friend of the Fair Award, celebrating individuals and organizations whose dedication, service, and support have strengthened the Tama County Fair and its ...