TRAER – The provider is in and patients are arriving. After opening the doors to its new satellite medical clinic in downtown Traer on Monday, May 4, Peoples Community Health Clinic, Inc. held a ribbon cutting and open house on Wednesday, May 20. Those attending the ceremony included ...
TRAER – Ahead of Memorial Day, Traer Legion Auxiliary’s 2026 Little Miss Poppy, six-year-old Lydia Ivory – the daughter of Greg and Natalie (née Owens) Ivory and granddaughter of Jim and Sharon Owens – visited the community on Wednesday, May 20, to distribute poppies in honor and ...
TRAER - The first water tower in Traer was a wooden structure in the southwest part of Taylor Park. This photo is taken from the corner of Main and Fifth Streets looking northeast. The bandstand and sidewalks were added to the park around 1905. Notice the telephone lines. Each wire was a ...
TRAER/LA PORTE CITY – North Tama County and Union high schools held commencement exercises for the Class of 2026 on Sunday, May 17 in their respective gymnasiums in Traer and La Porte City. While Union’s ceremony took place at the traditional 2 p.m., North Tama’s was held at 3 p.m. to ...
AREA – The upcoming Tuesday, June 2 primary election for Iowa House District 76 will be a straightforward contest with only one candidate filing in each of the major-party races. House District 76 encompasses the townships of Clark, Perry, Geneseo, and Buckingham in northeast Tama County ...
AREA – The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team members have experienced a busy spring. On Saturday, April 11, team seniors Jillian Hanson (Union High School), Shelby Johnston (West Marshall High School), and Rhianna Murty (GMG High School) traveled to Ames, for the Iowa Cattlemen’s Foundation ...
Memorial Day's roots go back to the Civil War. Families cleaned and decorated the graves of fallen soldiers in late spring. The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), an association of Civil War Veterans, touted May 30 as Remembrance Day. The first official Decoration Day ceremony was held at ...
TRAER – On Sunday, May 24 (day before Memorial Day), the Traer American Legion Kubik-Finch Post 142 will conduct the following Memorial Day Cemetery Rifle Salute schedule. 8:15 a.m. – Meet at Memorial Building 8:45 a.m. – West Union Cemetery (1799 QQ Ave, Traer) 9:00 a.m. – St. ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – The 2026 Kirkwood Community College Commencement Ceremony was held on Saturday, May 9, at 10 a.m. at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in downtown Cedar Rapids. Congratulations to all the Kirkwood graduates including those local students listed below by hometown. -Clutier: Emily ...
TRAER – The Traer Historical Museum hosted 38 fourth-grade students and their teachers from North Tama Schools on Thursday, May 14. The museum was a bustling hive of activity as students interacted with museum volunteers and items from the museum collection. Students discussed how ...