TOLEDO – Please join SKIP (Supporting Kids in Prevention), Tama County Public Health & Home Care, and ISU Extension and Outreach to promote Child Abuse Prevention Month this April. The theme this year is “Powered by Hope, Strengthened by Prevention." As part of the annual ...
TRAER – From its perch roughly halfway up the Walnut Street hill, Traer United Presbyterian Church (Traer UPC) occupies a tranquil spot under the trees. And after 150 years as an official Presbyterian congregation – most of those years spent at the Walnut Street location – the ...
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles documenting the history of the school buildings in North Tama County Community School District courtesy of the Traer Historical Museum. TRAER – School building programs in the early 1960s were tied to increased enrollment and ...
TRAER – In a country as prosperous as America, no one should go hungry which is why a pair of Iowa non-profits including Traer-based Frontlines United Inc. partnered recently with Aurora Agronomy to assist local, food insecure veterans. “This is the first time we’ve partnered with ...
TRAER – The Traer Chamber of Commerce is gearing up to host two popular, annual events in April including Girls’ Night Out and the Easter Egg Hunt. First up, Girls’ Night Out will take place on Thursday, April 17, from 4-8:30 p.m. The event is being billed as a “progressive shop and ...
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles documenting the history of the school buildings in North Tama County Community School District courtesy of the Traer Historical Museum. TRAER – On August 20, 1954, Traer voters passed a $185,000 bond referendum to build an ...
TRAER – The Traer Community Foundation board members are pleased to announce they are now accepting grant applications from non-profit Traer area groups, for the 2025-grant program. Foundation board members include chairman Pete Holden, Traer City Council; vice chairman Taylor Howard, North ...
BATON ROUGE, La. – Eric Keller of Traer was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at Iowa State University. Keller is among approximately 20,000 students, faculty, professional ...
TRAER – If you saw several tractors driving the streets of Traer last week on Friday, March 21, they were headed for North Tama County High School as part of the district’s annual FFA Tractor Day! North Tama FFA members who lined up in celebration of the annual event include (from left) ...
TRAER – Nearly 80 years ago, local men Erroll Allen, John Whannel, and Forrest Edwards bought the service station located at what is now Traer’s Sinclair gas station and the business A.W.E. Auto Service was born. In just two weeks’ time, the business – once known for selling ‘the ...