TAMA COUNTY – The Tama County Community Foundation has released its 2025 Impact Report, highlighting the generosity, partnerships, and community investments that continue to strengthen Tama County. The report details grants awarded, charitable funds established, and local impact made ...
LA PORTE CITY – Union Community School District students achieved the highest science assessment results in district history on the spring 2026 Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP). Combined science proficiency scores across grades 5, 8, and 10 reached their highest levels ...
TOLEDO – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is conducting 12 in-person farmland lease meetings in Central Iowa and five farmland lease meetings in NW Iowa in early August, including a meeting at the Tama County Extension office in Toledo. The discussion will focus on various ...
DYSART – Rooted in Americana, Brad and Kerry Blackburn’s Wilson Street yard has been chosen as the Dysart Garden Club’s first ‘Blue Ribbon Flowers of the Month’ for 2026. “Brad and I started from scratch when we bought our house (over 23 years ago),” Kerry told the newspaper in ...
GLADBROOK – The 2026 Tama County Fair Queen candidates were recently announced and include three outstanding young women: Kenzie Bartel, Violet Jackson, and Belle Werner. Crowning of the 2026 Tama County Fair Queen and Princess is set for Tuesday, July 14, at approximately 8 p.m. in the ...
VINTON – Dysart-based writer, designer, and artist Roy R. Behrens will present a fast-paced, richly illustrated slide talk exploring the life and work of American artist Everett Longley Warner at the Benton County Historical Society in Vinton on Monday, June 29, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Born ...
TRAER – The Traer American Legion Auxiliary met Tuesday, June 16, with a potluck at the Taylor Park shelter house. A short meeting was held with the election of officers for the upcoming year, including: President–Donna Kersten; Vice President and Membership Chairperson–Karen ...
BROOKLYN – The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial along with a mobile Education Center, is coming to the BGM High School football field in Brooklyn, Iowa, beginning on Thursday, July 30. The memorial will be open 24 hours a day through Sunday, ...
Traer's first swimming pool opened in June 1931 and was the first swimming pool in Tama County. Prior to 1931, there was a lagoon or pond in the southeast corner of Taylor Park. The 1931 pool served the community for over 40 years. The current swimming pool is the third built in the same area ...
CLUTIER – The Clutier Hora-Machacek Legion Auxiliary Unit 453 met on Tuesday, June 2, at the Pizza Ranch in Grinnell. There were six members present. After a great meal, President Veronica Pavlicek called the meeting to order at 1 p.m. Those present were Veronica Pavlicek, Collette Wiebbecke, ...