North Tama County and Union recently announced their respective 2026 Homecoming Courts (Class of 2027). Congratulations to the candidates! Both schools’ football teams are set to play Homecoming games tonight, Friday, Oct. 9. Redhawk Country Court TRAER – North Tama’s Homecoming ...
TRAER – Traer’s Taylor Park will soon be home to a new space to gather. “Our new open-air picnic shelter in Taylor Park is taking shape!” Michelle Podhajsky, a member of the Taylor Park Landscaping & Beautification Committee, told the newspaper in an email last Friday. “The ...
FAYETTE – Upper Iowa University has announced the Dean's List for the 2026 Summer Semester, including local students Josey Wiles of Traer and Jennifer Wood of Traer. To be honored, a student must have earned a minimum 3.50 grade point average and be enrolled as a full-time student. ...
TRAER – It was a neighborly day at the Traer Public Library on Wednesday, Sept. 16, as roughly a dozen folks gathered in the Talen Community Room for a new monthly program called “Won’t You Be My Neighbor.” “I'm excited about this program because it's about Traer and surrounding ...
TRAER – Five years’ worth of free student breakfasts, the swearing-in of a new student board representative, sewage in the 1917 building’s basement, attendance trends, a new promotional video, the search for a superintendent, and decisions regarding the long-running conundrum over ...
Editor's Note: Due to space constraints in this week's print edition, the weekly library reports are publishing online. On The Calendar Mon Sept 28 at 1:00 Fit and Feisty Mon Sept 28 at 1:00 Cribbage and Dominoes Mon Sept 28 at 2:00 BINGO Tues Sept 29 at 1:00 Tuesday Quilters Tues ...
TRAER – Last Friday night on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks during which 2,977 people lost their lives after terrorists commandeered and crashed four planes on U.S. soil, the North Tama school district and greater community came together on the Traer gridiron to observe ...
TRAER – What would you want someone in the year 2076 to know about life in Traer today? The Traer Historical Museum and the Taylor Park Landscape & Beautification Committee are busy preparing a new 50-year time capsule following the opening of the town’s 1976 time capsule this past ...
IOWA – The Iowa Communications Network (ICN) has selected its next group of Iowa high school students to participate in the Statewide Youth Broadband Advisory Council (SYBAC). The council provides students an opportunity to research and discuss Internet topics, explore Iowa's technology ...
TRAER – The Traer Historical Museum will hold its 2nd annual fundraiser lunch on Sunday, Sept. 13, and invites the community to attend. The event will take place at the Traer Memorial Building. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The dine-in or carryout menu includes grilled pork ...