TRAER – Last year, the Traer United Presbyterian Church found a World War II Honor Roll plaque while preparing to celebrate the church’s 150th anniversary. Research showed the plaque was made by Bon Volante and dedicated Sunday, Nov. 1, 1943, with 53 of 70 available slots listing men and ...
TRAER – Eight invited North Tama/Traer classes celebrated milestone reunions Aug. 7-8 as part of the 2026 Winding Stairs Festival, including Traer High School classes of 1956 (70 years) and 1961 (65 years), and the North Tama High School classes of 1966 (60 years), 1971 (55 years), 1976 (50 ...
DES MOINES – 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of the most notorious ribbons ever handed out at the Iowa State Fair. Under a three-year pilot program from the Iowa State Fair 4-H Advisory Committee, every 4-H project at the fair in 1996 received an identical, tricolor participation ribbon, on ...
VINTON - Aubree and Hunter Heitmann of Vinton celebrated the birth of their first child, daughter Wrenlynne Maye Heitmann, on July 11, 2026. Wrenlynne weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 19 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are Amber and Jeremy Monat of Traer, and Dawn and Matt Heitmann of ...
TRAER — The 2026 McKenna Reunion for the families of the late Charles and Clara McKenna was held Sunday, Aug. 2, at Taylor Park in Traer. Thirty-nine family members attended the potluck dinner. President Stephanie Buchanan led the business meeting following dinner. Officers elected for the ...
TRAER – Fresh cut alfalfa is a favorite smell of summer on the farm. Vincent Caslavka is shown green chopping alfalfa to feed his dairy cows in 1957. He farmed in Oneida Township east of the V18 and E29 corner. In the 1950s, Tama County had hundreds of dairy farmers like Caslavka.
TRAER – The 2026 Winding Stairs Festival grand parade took place last Saturday, Aug. 8, beginning at 4 p.m. Glorious weather provided the perfect backdrop for the festival’s “Harvest the Fun” theme. Longtime Traer residents Jared and Marilyn Bauch were the parade grand marshals. ...
TRAER – Just in time for high school football season, Traer’s water tower will soon sport a fresh Redhawk-themed paint scheme as part of a restoration project. “Work on the Traer water town has started,” Traer Municipal Utilities (TMU) General Manager Eric McEwen told the newspaper ...
IOWA – State regulators have suspended, without explanation, a nursing home administrator’s license to practice in Iowa. The Iowa Board of Nursing Home Administrators says that in April 2025, it received a complaint against the licensee Marcy Louise Martin, 51, concerning the ...
TRAER – North Tama High School Class of 2017 alumna Carlee Margaret Feisel, RN, BSN, has been charting an upward career path since graduating as class valedictorian nearly a decade ago. “I am delighted to announce some extraordinary news about my daughter,” Feisel’s mother, Tiffany, ...