CLUTIER – Hora-Machacek Legion Auxiliary held their last sewing day for this season on March 4. The ladies sewing lap quilts were: Ronda E, Brenda H, Deb K, Michelle B, Collette W, and Pauline S. Collette and Diane had readied 10 lap quilts on Tuesday, Feb. 18, so ladies had quilts to sew ...
WATERLOO – La Porte-Dysart FFA members competed at the Northeast District FFA Convention at the Waterloo Career Center on March 8. Chapter members who advanced from the Sub District Convention contest once again had the opportunity to demonstrate their skills in Ag Broadcasting, Prepared ...
TOLEDO – The usual suspects congregated last Monday morning (March 3) for the weekly Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. The two-and-a-half-hour meeting saw a whopping 25 items on the mammoth-sized agenda be discussed, acted on, and generally mulled over. The first box to get ticked ...
DES MOINES – The bills that survived the first major deadline of Iowa’s 2025 legislative session show that Republicans have moved forward with a number of their priorities through bills focused on issues ranging from higher education to carbon capture pipelines to child care access. The ...
DES MOINES – Most predicted the Knights would prevail in last Saturday’s Class 2A Substate 6 final played at Drake University’s Knapp Center, they just didn’t think it would be Union’s Knights. “Heading into the game I would say we were extremely confident. We talked in the ...
TRAER – There are many ways to pay one’s respects - haphazardly driving through a nearly 170-year-old cemetery and causing damage to headstones is certainly not one of those ways. “Sometime in mid-January, a vehicle drove through the West Union Cemetery, located southeast of Traer, ...
TOLEDO – Karina Sue Cooper’s first degree murder trial has been reset to this July. This is the second reset in the case. After being arrested in February 2024 in connection with her husband Ryan Cooper’s murder, the trial was originally set to begin on Oct. 1, 2024, before being moved ...
TAMA COUNTY – Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) continue to impact Iowa’s deer population, prompting ongoing surveillance and management efforts by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Experts, including Catherine Cummings (Iowa State ...
TRAER – The Parsonage at Ripley in Traer is again set to host monthly open mics from May through November with featured performances from local and regional artists. In the wake of a highly successful 2024 season, the venue is expanding to seven events for 2025. Poets, musicians and other ...
Editor’s note: The following notice was released last week by the Poweshiek Water Association. Since August 1, 2024, when we [Poweshiek Water Association] lifted the mandatory conservation order, we have kept you updated via our website, Facebook page, letters, and Quench magazine. As you ...