TRAER – The Traer Historical Museum held its annual meeting and ice cream social on Thursday, April 10, at the museum in downtown Traer. President George Kadrmas presided over the informal gathering which took place ahead of the business meeting. The featured speaker this year was ...
TRAER - The Traer Chamber of Commerce hosted the community's annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 19, in Taylor Park. Chamber members stuffed and hid 1,000 colorful plastic eggs this year for children aged 0-10 to collect. The event was well attended thanks to sunny skies although there ...
Arbor Day is a national holiday that recognizes the importance of trees. It is celebrated on the last Friday of April – today, April 25 – and is commemorated by planting trees. Arbor Day is credited to Julious Sterling Morton, a zealous lover of trees, who settled on 160 acres of ...
TAMA COUNTY – Tama County Master Gardeners will be in two communities on Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to noon (or as quantities last) distributing native tree seedlings to the public. Stop by the Tama Library in Tama or the TMU parking lot in Traer to receive two seedlings per household at ...
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 ...