While the North Tama County Community School District has provided a quality education to generations of students, our school has facility needs that must be addressed soon. Back in March, a proposed bond issue to address the district’s facility needs fell just short of the 60% voter ...
MONTOUR — For as long as anyone could remember, the late Glen Rubenbauer always dreamed of opening up a steakhouse. “Rube,” as he was affectionately known, and his namesake restaurant still live on in Montour a half century after it launched, and, as evidenced by the myriad press ...
Telegraph note: With three Traer City Council at-large seats on the Nov. 7 ballot, the North Tama Telegraph sent out a questionnaire by email to all five candidates who filed paperwork including incumbents Carri Holst and Trish Kennedy, and challengers Derek Gaydos, Brad E. Rund, and Chad ...
Telegraph note: With a contested race for Traer Mayor on the Nov. 7 ballot, the North Tama Telegraph sent out a questionnaire by email to both candidates who filed paperwork including the incumbent mayor, Peter Holden and challenger Kennan Seda. Below are the responses we received in time for ...
TOLEDO – The biggest thing on the agenda for the Oct. 23 meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors was the discussion of the Tama County Historical Society's lease on their building. Or was it? The original lease for the building, drafted in 1973, was good for 50 years which would ...
LA PORTE CITY – For the second year running, the Union Knights volleyball team is state tournament-bound! Last week Tuesday, Oct. 24 in La Porte City, the Knights beat the West Delaware Hawks 3-1 (25-16, 27-25, 25-27, 25-22) for both the Class 3A Region 5 championship and a back-to-back, ...
TRAER – Last week Wednesday, voters in the North Tama County Community School District set a Tama County record at the Traer Memorial Building for the most ballots processed during a satellite vote. "They did have record turnout yesterday. They processed 182 satellite voters,” Karen ...
WAUKON – The No. 4 seed Union Knights became the talk of many Iowa high school football circles last Friday night after emerging victorious from the first round of the 2A playoffs by upsetting, 21-7, the favored winners, No. 1 seed Waukon. “So many analysts talk about the importance of ...
TRAER – There are countless stories about Iowa’s schools in the 20th century, and James Kenyon spent two years seeking them out. His book, Echoes in the Hallways: History and Recollections of 102 Closed Iowa High Schools, chronicles former students’ reminiscences from influential ...
LA PORTE CITY – Union High School recently announced that two members of the Class of 2024, Adam Brehm (left) and Lauren Youngblut (right) were added to the district’s ACT 30+ Recognition Board which is located in the hallway near the main office. Both students earned an ACT Composite ...