DES MOINES – Make plans now to attend the Annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Show on November 15-17, in the Varied Industries Building at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. This is Iowa's largest show, with over 300 talented exhibitors from eight states presenting and selling the ...
DES MOINES – After the driest September in 152 years of records, nearly all of October experienced similar record dry conditions, according to the latest Water Summary Update. October’s preliminary statewide precipitation was 1.90 inches, or 0.79 inches below normal. Total rainfall for ...
TOLEDO – History was made in Tama County this past Tuesday evening when voters elected a woman to the board of supervisors for the first time ever. Running unopposed on the Nov. 5 general election ballot for Tama County Supervisor District 3, Heather Knebel, a 35-year-old Republican from ...
DYSART — It’s an election unlike any other. Again. On Tuesday, former president Donald Trump sought to become the second person to serve nonconsecutive terms as U.S. president and Vice President Kamala Harris sought to become the first woman elected president. Down the columns and ...
A direct ballot initiative specific to all Tama County voters was passed in Tuesday's election with overwhelming support. The measure was to make EMS an essential service of the county and creating a 75 cent levy to fund the program. To be implemented the measure needed a total of 60% ...
TRAER – Brick dedications are again being offered as part of the Taylor Park Military Memorial in an effort to add a new battlefield cross to the site. Traer resident Dahn Kennedy, founder of the “Hometown Hearts” Project, is spearheading the effort for the City of Traer much as she did ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – A woman who stole over $450,000 from a family‑owned business was sentenced Oct. 30, 2024, to two years in federal prison. Leann Marie Rouse, 51, from Toledo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 31, 2024 guilty plea to one count of wire fraud. Evidence disclosed ...
TRAER – The Traer Theatre reopened on Friday, Nov. 1, for the first time since temporarily closing at the end of July in the wake of longtime theater manager Mona Larsen’s retirement. In the interim, the nonprofit community theater’s board hired a new manager – Madonna Madorin of Traer. ...
GLADBROOK – The Tama County American Legion and Auxiliary held a Memorial Service at their county meeting in Gladbrook on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Lorraine Vileta, center, Tama County Vice-President/Chaplain led the memorial service with Maurice McWhirter reading the deceased Legionnaires names and ...
TRAER – Jaxen Daniels, a member of North Tama High School Class of 2024, officially graduated during the Monday, Oct. 21 school board meeting held in the junior high commons. After a unanimous vote by those board members present approving Daniels had met all requirements for graduation, ...