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Local students named to Hawkeye Community College Fall 2024 Dean’s List

WATERLOO – Hawkeye Community College announces the Dean's List for the Fall 2024 semester. The Dean's List is an official recognition of outstanding academic accomplishment by full-time students. To make the Dean’s List, an individual must be a full-time student and successfully complete 12 ...

Local students named to Iowa State University fall 2024 Dean’s List

AMES — More than 11,500 Iowa State University students have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the fall semester 2024 Dean's List. Students named to the Dean's List must earn a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale while carrying a minimum of ...

MEMBERS1st donates to CHAT, Taylor Park Veterans Memorial fundraiser

Editor's note: This story will print in the Friday, Feb. 21 edition of the North Tama Telegraph. TRAER - MEMBERS1st Community Credit Union is proud to announce two $1,000 donations to support local initiatives in Traer. The credit union recently contributed to Christian Hands Across Traer ...

‘A Day Without Immigrants’

MARSHALLTOWN — In the 17 years that she has owned and operated La Salud Restaurant and Grocery Store in downtown Marshalltown, Gabriela Vargas has been open seven days a week, 365 days a year, only closing early occasionally on a few holidays. That changed this past Monday. Vargas and a ...

Dedicated volunteer Dan Brandt laid to rest

MARSHALLTOWN – A Traer-Clutier High School Class of 1962 graduate who spent his formative years in rural Buckingham and placed public service above self was laid to rest on Friday, Jan. 24, at the Marietta Cemetery west of Marshalltown. Dan Brandt, 80, of Marshalltown died Jan. 15 in ...

Zoning Commission meets for first time since wind, solar moratoriums enacted

TOLEDO – A crowded room greeted members of the Tama County Zoning Commission on Wednesday, Jan. 29, during their first meeting since the Board of Supervisors enacted tandem wind and solar moratoriums on Jan. 6. And while very little action was taken during the nearly 90-minute meeting, ...

The New New Rules

TOLEDO – As the sun stretched and yawned and rose in the east to shine down on another chilly winter day, the usual faces gathered for the Monday, Jan. 27 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. The meeting started, like it often does, with the engineer's report. The main point of ...

Taxes are for the birds…and other vulnerable wildlife

IOWA – We know taxes aren't a lot of fun, but there is a small thing you can do to feel better about the process. Donating to the Fish/Wildlife Fund (also known as the Chickadee Checkoff), on line 21 of your Iowa state tax form, can help support thousands of vulnerable wildlife through ...