TRAER – Starting June 5, summer participants began signing up for the Traer Library’s Annual Summer Reading Program. This year’s theme, “Adventure Begins At Your Library,” involves students coloring their personal “explorer” who advances to each continent as the reader achieves ...
TRAER – Descendants of Robert Granger gathered at the Taylor Park Shelter House in Traer, Iowa on Sunday, June 23, for a reunion. Forty-seven guests were in attendance. Family members came from North Carolina, Kansas, and Iowa to join the lunchtime potluck with pork burgers. The youngest ...
CEDAR RAPIDS Ñ The following students were named to Mount Mercy University's Spring 2024 Dean's List. Students with a semester grade point average of 3.60 or better and who are graded for six or more semester hours are eligible for inclusion on the Dean's List. Area students include: ...
TRAER – The Great Room of Traer’s Ripley Parsonage at 513 Fourth Street ought to hold about 25 people, plus a small stage. At least that’s what Lay Minister Jim Coppoc and his partner Lindsey Christie thought. After all, how many Traerites are really going to show up on a Wednesday ...
TRAER – North Tama’s Class of 1978 is a group with a reputation for close friendships, fun, collaboration, generosity and accomplishment. Keeping up this tradition the class members donated $5,000 to North Tama Dollars for Scholars at their 45th Class Reunion last August (2023). This ...
TOLEDO – Karina Sue Cooper’s first degree murder trial previously scheduled to begin next week on July 9 in Linn County has been reset to October 1, 2024. The planned 10-day jury trial was rescheduled by Chief Judge Lars G. Anderson last Friday in response to a motion by Cooper who waived ...
ANKENY – Volunteers from across the state including two from Traer were recognized on June 25 in Ankeny as part of the 40th annual Governor’s Volunteer Awards Ceremony. “Those being recognized are the people who invest in others without expecting anything in return – except, of ...
TRAER – Since 1948, St. Luke Lutheran Church has been gathering for worship in Traer, Iowa. The church began with 28 charter members and was served by Rev. U. F. Groth from Dysart. The building, still used today, was initially purchased in 1950 for a mere $1,345 and moved from Blairstown, ...
TRAER – Rural Traer resident Barb Hanus – pen name Beth Ann Morrison – flew for nearly a quarter century as a flight attendant with Southwest Airlines. Next Wednesday, July 10, at the Traer Public Library, Hanus will share the ups and downs of that unique career while presenting her ...
TRAER – Traer got its name from John Wells Traer, an employee of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Northern railroad, who purchased land for the expansion of the train line westward. The town was built on land owned by Giles Taylor, father of E. E. Taylor, founder of the Traer Star-Clipper ...