WATERLOO – The following are Hawkeye Community College Spring 2026 graduates from the local area. –Lucas Albertsen; Dysart; Intermediate Manufacturing Welding: GMAW, SMAW, FCAW and Robotics; Diploma; Honors (3.5-3.74) –Hannah Hunter; Dysart; Liberal Arts; AA; Honors ...
PELLA – Central College recognized 251 graduates during Commencement 2026 on Saturday, May 16, in P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium on Central's campus. Local students honored included Cale Bradley of Traer who graduated with a major in Engineering, and Andrea Dvorak of Clutier who graduated with a major ...
TRAER – Piano students of Sharon Owens and Carri Holst held a piano recital on Sunday, April 26, at the Traer Public Library’s Kupka Cultural Center. Twenty-six students performed, ranging from second grade to 12th grade. Following the program, a reception to congratulate the students on ...
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 ...