A four-run second inning and solid pitching from Devin McKinley helped the North Tama baseball team advance to the Class 1A District 4 semifinals, picking up a 7-3 win over Hudson on Tuesday night at J.L. Lister Field. After no runs were scored in the first inning, North Tama (17-9) took the ...
What looked to be a routine victory after four innings for North Tama baseball had rapidly become a tense, pressure-packed battle heading into the bottom of the seventh inning last Saturday night. A 5-0 lead for the Redhawks became a 5-5 tie game, and with two outs in the inning, Adam ...
Sparks were certainly flying for Union Knights’ baseball on Saturday, July 2, in La Porte City during the Class 2A round one district playoffs. Following a rocky first inning in which Denver scored five runs to Union's one, the Knights rallied not once but twice for the hard-earned win, 8-7, ...
After asking the Tama Co. Board of Supervisors week after week to consider enacting a moratorium on future industrial wind energy projects – only to have the requests denied or dismissed – a petition has been filed against the board by a member of the coalition Tama County Against Turbines ...
As members of both the La Porte-Dysart FFA and Benton County’s Bruce Boosters 4-H Club, sisters Olivia and Jill Hanson took home multiple blue ribbons following this past weekend’s Benton County Fair held in Vinton. In both the Meat Goat Show on Thursday and Dairy Show on Friday, the ...
The North Tama Board of Education welcomed a new member during the regular meeting on June 20 – 2022-2023 student board member Olivia Ketter. Following the call to order and public comments period, rising-senior Ketter was sworn in for her one-year term by board president Rod Zobel. Ketter ...
Tama County ISU Extension and Outreach, along with several others, has been working this summer to place Little Free Pantries throughout the county. The pantries were built for this project by students in a construction class at GMG High School this past spring and are being stocked by local ...
The Tama County Fair Association will be having its annual Fair Challenge during the 2022 Tama County Fair. Everyone is invited to enter. This year’s theme is “Recycle, Rescue, Restore, or Reuse.” Take any old item and create a unique decoration or functional piece. A ...
Loras College in Dubuque recently announced the names of students who achieved Dean's List status for the 2022 spring semester. A student must earn a 3.5 grade point average and carry a minimum of 12 credit hours to be recognized. Dysart students recognized include Dallas Blackburn, Kolten ...
Clarksville wasn’t the toughest opponent the North Tama baseball team has come up against this season. Coming in with a 1-12 season record, Clarksville was mitching up pitchers and trying to find its way through this game. In the other dugout, Redhawks sophomore Tyler Popelka was working on a ...