TRAER – Members of the North Tama Class of 1974 celebrated their 50th reunion at this year’s Winding Stairs Festival held in early August. Those pictured include, first row (l-r): Janet (Blocker) Ogesen, Sharon (Ingle) Stoakes, Jill (Vorba) Berger, Kristine (Gates) Ashworth, Susan (Catron) ...
TAMA – Iowa’s public schools are under attack. That was the message on Sunday, Oct. 6, at the Tama Civic Center during a book talk with author/educator/podcaster Jennifer Berkshire hosted by the 501(c)(4) social welfare organization Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action ...
Ahead of the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing reporter Ruby McAllister sent questionnaires to all the local candidates in contested statehouse elections. This week we feature responses from those running for Iowa Senate District 38: Democratic incumbent Eric Giddens of ...
Eric Giddens, 50, is the Democratic incumbent for Senate District 38. He lives with his son Henry – a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Northern Iowa – and girlfriend Alison in Cedar Falls. Sen. Giddens earned a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech and a Master of ...
Dave Sires, 63, is the Republican nominee for Senate District 38. He lives with his wife Lisa – whom he first met in kindergarten and has been married to for 42 years – in Cedar Falls. Together they own and operate Cedar Village Community, a manufactured housing community, and Added Self ...
CLUTIER – Clutier ZCBJ Hall will soon benefit from a much-needed exterior facelift courtesy of a beloved town figure. During the Clutier ZCBJ Lodge #104 annual appreciation banquet held on Saturday, Oct. 12, at ZCBJ Hall in Clutier, Jackie Cizek presented a $10,000 check to the members in ...
TOLEDO – Under the shade of a giant oak tree and just a stone’s throw away from the local county Republicans’ campaign office, State Auditor Rob Sand – Iowa’s only statewide elected Democrat – spoke to about a dozen people last Thursday afternoon on the lawn of the Tama County ...
TRAER – On Friday, Oct. 4, Whannels Hardware and Cellular officially cut the ribbon on its new Verizon Wireless store located at 512 Second Street in downtown Traer. Those in attendance for the ribbon cutting included (pictured, l-r), Jay Whannel, Liz Whannel, Traer Mayor Pete Holden, ...
TRAER – National Friends of Libraries Week takes place Oct. 20-26 this year. As part of the 19th annual national celebration, the Traer Public Library is inviting anyone and everyone to become a Friend! All that is required is a love of the library and a willingness to support it. Friends ...
DYSART – On Wednesday, Oct. 9, during the Union school board’s special meeting held in Union Middle School’s media center, board members appointed Dysart resident Cady Schmidt to the open at-large seat which was vacated last month by Corey Lorenzen of La Porte City after he resigned on ...