December will be an interesting month in the sky. Saturn will start the month almost straight south during the early evening in a dim part of the sky. The only reasonable bright stars nearby are the Great Square of Pegasus (the Winged Horse) about two fist-widths above Saturn. During the ...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025: “After 43 long days, the government shutdown is finally over. Dysfunction in Washington does not serve Iowans. Iowans deserve common sense, not partisan nonsense. As we approach the ...
LA PORTE CITY – Union High School’s drama department staged the science fiction comedy “Adventure” by JD Atkins on Nov. 14 and Nov. 15 at Matt Auditorium. Under second-year director Holden Caloud, the two-act show featured seniors Jersey Siech, Addie Engle, and Ella Grote in the lead ...
TRAER – Financial reasons lie at the heart of the latest MercyOne clinic closure, but that’s not stopping the owners of the clinic’s building in downtown Traer from working to recruit a new provider. Prior to MercyOne’s outreach to patients regarding the closure of MercyOne Traer ...
TRAER – Another MercyOne clinic will soon be no more. “On December 10, we will transition care from MercyOne Traer Family Medicine to MercyOne Reinbeck Family Medicine. This provides patients in Reinbeck, Traer and surrounding communities with a fuller, stronger care team with more ...
TRAER – Congregants at Ripley United Church of Christ in Traer may harbor slightly higher expectations for the weekly sermon now that their minister, renaissance man Jim Coppoc has been named 2025 Poet of the Year by the Iowa Music Awards. “Sadly, I didn’t attend the awards. I had no ...
TRAER – Newly-elected North Tama school board directors Seth Seda and LeRoy Staker took the oath of office alongside returning director David Calderwood during the Monday, Nov. 17, annual organizational meeting held in the junior high commons. Seda defeated Jordan Hagedon on Nov. 4 for the ...
DYSART – The holiday spirit is ready to shine as the Dysart Chamber of Commerce hosts Christmas on Main on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Dysart Community Building and on Main Street. Activities will take place throughout the morning, including the Dysart Community ...
DYSART – The Norma Anders Public Library is pleased to announce it has been awarded a $500 Aureon Charity Grant and a $750 Farmers Cooperative Telephone Company (FCTC) donation for the purchase of two smart televisions and carts. According to the library director, Janene Krug, the ...
TRAER – The Traer American Legion Auxiliary held their October meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 18. This was the day after a delicious Holiday Dinner provided by the Traer Legion. That afternoon, Marguerite Hulme and Mary Karls joined Donna Kersten at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. They ...