TRAER – North Tama High School students left something significant behind last month on their last day of school before winter break – their 1917 classrooms. “It is a monumental day for Redhawk Country. Our kids are so deserving of this new space,” North Tama Board ...
Identical twins, Marine Private First Class Thomas and Richard Addison of Traer presented a problem of identification for their first sergeant in the Fifth Regiment of the First Marine Division in Korea. The twins enlisted on January 28, 1951 and served together. Note the initials on their ...
TRAER – Next weekend, Jan. 16-17, the trails in and around Namakagon (Namekagon) Lake in northwestern Wisconsin near the town of Cable will echo once again with the sound of the late Ryan “Lil Coop” Cooper’s snowmobile as Aaron Cooper takes the helm of his older brother’s beloved ...
TRAER – Ripley United Church of Christ (RUCC), located at 400 S. Main Street in Traer, has made a generous donation to the Traer Theatre following its volunteer service at the 2025 Tama County Fair. A group of RUCC members volunteered at the Fair Food Stand which is staffed entirely by ...
Beginning in January 2026, the Traer Historical Museum will be sharing photos from the past as a regular feature in the North Tama Telegraph. The photos will be selected and captions written by members of the museum’s board. Current board members include Carol Boyce, Brenda Cook, Kim Howard, ...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Petty Officer 1st Class Cody Finical, a Traer native and North Tama Class of 2013 alumnus, serves with Navy Medicine assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Portsmouth, in Portsmouth, Virginia. The skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are ...
Sean and Kim Dengler of Urbandale welcomed the birth of their first child, Asher James Dengler, on December 22. He was born at Methodist West Hospital in West Des Moines. Asher came into the world weighing 8 lbs, 7.8 oz while measuring 21 inches. Grandparents are Jim (James) and Linda Hale of ...
TRAER – “What an exciting call I got last month from Scholarship America, the national parent group of Dollars for Scholars!” exclaimed Marilyn Bauch, vice president of North Tama Dollars for Scholars (NTDFS), earlier this year. The phone call informed Bauch NTDFS had been chosen to ...
TRAER – Ahead of the Christmas holiday, the Traer Lions Club announced the winners of this year’s Christmas lighting contest. Awards this year were based on size categories rather than places (i.e. first, second, third). All winners receive $75. Winners include: -Small Category: Mitch ...
TRAER – The 2025 Holiday Happenings Lighted Parade illuminated Traer’s downtown from end to end last Friday evening as part of the Chamber of Commerce’s annual two-day holiday spectacular. As has become tradition, ahead of the parade – which trundled down snow-covered Second Street ...