TRAER – The Traer Lions Club Soup Day will be held at the Memorial Building during Holiday Happenings on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come enjoy a bowl of soup and pie! There will also be information available about signing up for our “Flags over Traer” project for 2026. ...
STORM LAKE – The American Rivers Conference recently announced its 2025 Fall Academic All-Conference list, and Ryan Hosek of Traer was among the 34 Buena Vista student-athletes honored. A total of 686 student-athletes league wide were named to this year's team. To be eligible, a ...
TRAER – The Traer Chamber of Commerce held its annual dinner and meeting on Thursday, Nov. 6, during which President Madison Snider presented the 2025 Outstanding Service Award to Sandy Wilson. Wilson, vice president of Sunrise Hill Care & Rehab Center Board, has served as a member of the ...
TRAER – More than a dozen area veterans were recognized on Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, at an assembly at North Tama High School. Before the assembly, veterans and their families were invited to a breakfast in the gym lobby. Eighth-graders served the breakfast. On the tables ...
TRAER – Legionnaires with both Traer American Legion Kubik-Finch Post 142 and Clutier American Legion Hora-Machacek Post 453 observed Veterans Day on Tuesday, Nov. 11, in downtown Traer by saluting those who have served. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month — and following ...
TRAER – Veterans Day reminds us to honor those who served but also to listen to their stories before they are lost. My grandfather, Dale Morrison, served in World War II but died long before I was born. Like many veterans of his generation, he rarely spoke about his service. Yet more than ...
The Dysart City Council, Union school board, and North Tama school board will all be swearing in some new faces following the Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 city-school election. Tama County voter turnout for the 2025 city-school election was 25.39%. According to the Iowa Secretary of State’s ...
TRAER – Mark your calendars for Friday, Dec. 5, and Saturday, Dec. 6, for Traer’s annual Holiday Happenings! The Traer Chamber of Commerce will once again be partnering with the Traer Historical Museum to host holiday-themed events throughout the community including at the museum which will ...
Great-great-grandma Beverly Fike of Centerville (front left), Great-Grandma Cyndy Butts of Traer (front right), Grandma Meredith Espenscheid of Traer (back right), mother Makenzie Espenscheid of Traer (back left), and baby Kallum Mahlstedt recently posed for a group photograph together.
TRAER – The annual Traer Chamber of Commerce Halloween Costume Contest took place on Friday, Oct. 31, in the downtown Memorial Building and featured 90 youngsters ranging in age from babies in arms to middle schoolers (11-12 years). From a tiny Hulk Hogan to a Brooks & Dunn duo to a ...