Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles documenting the history of the school buildings in North Tama County Community School District courtesy of the Traer Historical Museum. TRAER – School building programs in the early 1960s were tied to increased enrollment and ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Board of Supervisors held two public hearings recently to hear from citizens about proposed property tax levies. The first hearing was held at the Toledo Reinig Center on the evening of March 25, while the second took place on Monday, March 31, before the regular ...
ANKENY – Catheryn ‘Cathy’ Irvine of Dysart was named Outstanding Legacy Project by the Iowa Urban Tree Council during the 34th Annual Urban Forestry Awards Ceremony held on April 3, at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny. Cathy and her late husband, David, lived on a family farm in ...
TOLEDO – The Tri-County Community Band will begin rehearsals once again for its annual performance at the Lincoln Highway Bridge Festival set for Friday, May 16, at the Tama Civic Center. If you have a musical background, you are encouraged to attend rehearsals on Monday evenings beginning ...
GRINNELL — The Poweshiek County Democrats will host a public forum featuring three Democratic members of the Iowa House of Representatives on Thursday, April 17, at 6:30 p.m. at the Drake Community Library in Grinnell. Representatives Adam Zabner (D-Iowa City), Elinor Levin (D-Iowa City), ...
TRAER – In a country as prosperous as America, no one should go hungry which is why a pair of Iowa non-profits including Traer-based Frontlines United Inc. partnered recently with Aurora Agronomy to assist local, food insecure veterans. “This is the first time we’ve partnered with ...
TAMA — While plenty of work remains to be done, leaders of the soon to be opened non-denominational K-8 Tama-Toledo Christian School (TTCS) are encouraged by continued progress inside the former St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Tama. As part of that progress, last Saturday, March 29, the ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Board of Supervisors and Tama County Public Health & Home Care are pleased to announce that, despite necessary budget adjustments, they will continue to provide services as they have been to All Tama County residents. All public health and home health services ...
MARSHALLTOWN – The Iowa Veterans Home (IVH) is not going to be impacted by proposed cuts to the federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) workforce. An internal VA memo was revealed at the beginning of March. The goal is to reduce the size of the workforce to less than 400,000 by cutting ...
TRAER – The Traer Chamber of Commerce is gearing up to host two popular, annual events in April including Girls’ Night Out and the Easter Egg Hunt. First up, Girls’ Night Out will take place on Thursday, April 17, from 4-8:30 p.m. The event is being billed as a “progressive shop and ...