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Clutier High School Alumni banquet set for April 13

CLUTIER – The Clutier High School Alumni Association’s annual banquet will be held Saturday, April 13, 2024, at the Clutier Legion Hall. Social hour at 5 p.m., with dinner following at 6 p.m. BYOB. Honored classes include 1949, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, and 1989. The ...

Dysart Community Foundation accepting annual grant applications

DYSART – The Dysart Community Foundation held its Annual Meeting at 6:30 p.m. on March 11, 2024 at the Dysart Community Building. The 2024 Board of Directors for the Foundation elected during the meeting include: Pamela Thiele, Chair, representing the City of Dysart; Sarah Carter, Vice Chair, ...

Program on Tama County’s First Civil War regiment set for April 10

TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present “The Tama County Rifles” on Wednesday, April 10, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre located at 101 S. Church St, in Toledo. Formed just weeks after the firing on Fort Sumter in the spring of 1861, the Rifles were Tama ...

Nothin’ but a good (Seussical) time!

Last week two stellar high school music productions took to area stages including North Tama’s annual Swing Show – ‘Nothin But A Good Time!’ – which played Thursday and Friday evenings in Traer, and Union’s spring production – “Seussical The Musical” – which played to a ...

Semi-tractor catches fire Sunday afternoon in Dysart

DYSART – First responders including members of Dysart Fire & Rescue responded to a large plume of black smoke filling the perfect blue sky on the southeast side of Dysart last Sunday afternoon as part of a quick burning tractor-trailer fire. Parked on the east side of Zachary and ...

Cooper pleads not guilty, demands speedy trial

TOLEDO – Rural Traer resident Karina Sue Cooper – who was arrested and charged last month with murder in connection with her husband’s 2021 death – has pleaded not guilty. In a written arraignment filed in Tama County District Court on Thursday, Karina Cooper, 46, entered a plea of not ...