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Little Miss Poppy Lydia Ivory visits Traer

TRAER – Ahead of Memorial Day, Traer Legion Auxiliary’s 2026 Little Miss Poppy, six-year-old Lydia Ivory – the daughter of Greg and Natalie (née Owens) Ivory and granddaughter of Jim and Sharon Owens – visited the community on Wednesday, May 20, to distribute poppies in honor and ...

Shopping, live music and summer vibes planned for downtown Dysart

DYSART – Main Street is about to be packed with shopping bags, good food, live music, and plenty of summer fun as Maker’s Market on Main returns to downtown Dysart on Saturday, June 6, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Hosted by the Dysart Chamber of Commerce, this year’s event will feature a ...

Traer Nostalgia: Taylor Park Water Tower

TRAER - The first water tower in Traer was a wooden structure in the southwest part of Taylor Park. This photo is taken from the corner of Main and Fifth Streets looking northeast. The bandstand and sidewalks were added to the park around 1905. Notice the telephone lines. Each wire was a ...

St. Wenceslaus to celebrate Feast of Corpus Christi June 7

CLUTIER – The annual Feast of Corpus Christi Mass will be celebrated at St. Wenceslaus Oratory west of Clutier on Sunday, June 7, 2026. The Mass and procession at 10 a.m. A cemetery walk, featuring the Yuska family, will take place at 8:45 before Mass. The Feast of Corpus Christi ...

Routine business for Tama County Board of Supervisors

TOLEDO – On a sunny Monday, May 18, the usual group assembled for the weekly Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. After some public comments, the meeting moved on to the engineer's report, which stated that they are touching up the chloride on K Avenue. They hauled rock and started ...

Power of Produce programs return to Toledo Farmers Market

TOLEDO – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Tama County is bringing back its popular Power of Produce (PoP) Club for children at the 2026 Toledo Farmers Market, along with the PoP PLUS program for adults 65 and older. Originally launched in 2011 at the Oregon City Farmers ...

Congratulations, Class of 2026!

TRAER/LA PORTE CITY – North Tama County and Union high schools held commencement exercises for the Class of 2026 on Sunday, May 17 in their respective gymnasiums in Traer and La Porte City. While Union’s ceremony took place at the traditional 2 p.m., North Tama’s was held at 3 p.m. to ...

House District 76 primary races uncontested

AREA – The upcoming Tuesday, June 2 primary election for Iowa House District 76 will be a straightforward contest with only one candidate filing in each of the major-party races. House District 76 encompasses the townships of Clark, Perry, Geneseo, and Buckingham in northeast Tama County ...

Dysart Community Foundation distributes nearly $13K to local organizations

DYSART – The Dysart Community Foundation is announcing the distribution of $12,700 in grants to the following organizations serving the City of Dysart. -Dysart Community Vacation Bible School: Funding assistance for materials and snacks -Norma Anders Public Library: Summer reading ...

Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team celebrates Beef Month

AREA – The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team members have experienced a busy spring. On Saturday, April 11, team seniors Jillian Hanson (Union High School), Shelby Johnston (West Marshall High School), and Rhianna Murty (GMG High School) traveled to Ames, for the Iowa Cattlemen’s Foundation ...