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Traer News

Hosek, Uchiyama-Hansen recognized by Gov. Reynolds for Academic Excellence

DES MOINES – Mason Hosek, a student at North Tama County High School, and Kengo Uchiyama-Hansen, a student at Union High School, were among the 424 Iowa high school seniors recognized by Gov. Kim Reynolds and Lt. Governor Chris Cournoyer for outstanding academic achievement at the 23rd Annual ...

Local piano students hold recitals at Traer Public Library

TRAER – Piano students of Sharon Owens and Carri Holst held a piano recital Sunday, April 27, at the Kupka Cultural Center in the Traer Public Library. Twenty-four students performed, ranging from first grade to 11th grade. Following the program, a reception to congratulate the students on ...

Tama County SKIP hosts successful free movie nights

TRAER – Tama County SKIP (Supporting Kids in Prevention), Tama County Public Health & Home Care, and ISU Extension and Outreach collaborated with the Traer Theatre to provide an evening out for families on April 23. Families were able to attend the movie and receive admission, small ...

Traer Historical Museum holds annual meeting, ice cream social

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 ...

Egg marks the spot!

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 ...

An Arbor Day Special: Remembering ‘The Larches’ near Buckingham

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 ...

Master Gardeners to distribute free tree seedlings May 3 in Toledo, Traer

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 ...

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

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 ...

‘Tranquil’ roots continue to bless congregation

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 ...

Reorganization creates the North Tama County Community School District

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 ...