Dave Sires, 63, is the Republican nominee for Senate District 38. He lives with his wife Lisa – whom he first met in kindergarten and has been married to for 42 years – in Cedar Falls. Together they own and operate Cedar Village Community, a manufactured housing community, and Added Self ...
TRAER – On Friday, Oct. 4, Whannels Hardware and Cellular officially cut the ribbon on its new Verizon Wireless store located at 512 Second Street in downtown Traer. Those in attendance for the ribbon cutting included (pictured, l-r), Jay Whannel, Liz Whannel, Traer Mayor Pete Holden, ...
TRAER – National Friends of Libraries Week takes place Oct. 20-26 this year. As part of the 19th annual national celebration, the Traer Public Library is inviting anyone and everyone to become a Friend! All that is required is a love of the library and a willingness to support it. Friends ...
TRAER – The Traer Historical Museum is interested in learning from people in our community about their experiences while attending a country school in Tama County! According to the book Iowa’s Country Schools, edited by William Sherman, there were 172 schools in Tama County in 1880. Six ...
TRAER – On Friday, Sept. 13, students at North Tama Community School District celebrated the 15th anniversary of International Dot Day as has become school tradition. The global celebration was founded 15 years ago by the late Terry Shay who taught K-12 Music at North Tama for 33 years ...
TRAER — A pen has fallen silent and a chapter of history has closed. Roger Corbin, originally of Franklin County but a Traer resident for half his life, died Sept. 20 – 13 days after his 103rd birthday. He was Kubik-Finch American Legion Post 142’s last veteran of World War ...
Ahead of the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing correspondent Michael Davis sent questionnaires to all the candidates running for the Tama County Board of Supervisors. This week we feature responses from Heather Knebel who is running for District 3 as a Republican and Curt ...
TRAER – Marv Boldt, a 50-year member of the Traer Fire Department, has added another name to the long line of Boldt family members who have served or are currently serving as volunteer and/or career firefighters – his grandson Johnathan Cochran who recently began volunteering as a junior ...
TRAER – On Tuesday, Sept. 24, members of the North Tama County Community School District school board and administration as well as design and construction representatives gathered at the main gym entrance to officially break ground on the new high school addition. Those in attendance ...
TRAER – The North Tama County Board of Education appointed and promptly swore in its newest member last week, Traer resident Marty Dostal. Four individuals interested in the appointment including Dostal attended the special school board meeting held on Thursday, Sept. 26, in the junior ...