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Traer News

Monat Graduates from Buena Vista University

STORM LAKE – Jana Monat of Clutier graduated with a Master of Science in Education in counseling (professional school counseling track) from Buena Vista University in Spring 2024. Monat was among more than 400 students who received degrees.

Tama County voters head to the polls in Iowa’s 2024 Primary Election

TOLEDO – As the thunder cracked across the inky black sky and large raindrops fell from the dark clouds above, the team in the Tama County Auditor's office worked with a fervor. Primary votes were being tallied, nails were being chewed, and for the first time in decades, there's a new ...

New home for Traer performers!

TRAER – On Wednesday, June 26, beginning at 6:30 p.m., The Parsonage at Ripley UCC (513 Fourth Street, Traer) will host an open mic for the Traer community, featuring Katie Sires of Katie and the Honky Tonks (bio below) and serving free root beer floats. This is part of a new monthly ...

Danker’s bond to remain at $1 million

TOLEDO – Following a hearing held last Thursday, accused murderer Huston William Danker’s bond will remain at $1,000,000 as originally set as part of his arrest in late April. On April 29, 2024, Danker, 26, was arrested in Cedar Rapids by the Tama County Sheriff’s Office and charged ...

​​Traer Community Foundation announces 2024 grants

TRAER – The Traer Community Foundation Board of Directors has announced the 2024 disbursements for a total of $57,391.23 This is the 32nd year of awarding grants. The total of Foundation grants, to the community, now total $1,001,000.00. These are the community betterment projects by ...

Hosek named Roadman Scholar

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Morningside University has named 250 students as Roadman Scholars in recognition of high academic distinction for the 2023-24 academic year including Dylan W. Hosek of Traer. Roadman Scholars must be full-time students who have completed at least 45 credits of college ...

Allison Mask graduates from Des Moines University

WEST DES MOINES – Allison Mask of Traer completed the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Des Moines University. The university's commencement ceremony took place on May 24, 2024. Mask will begin a pediatrics residency at the Central Iowa Health System in Des Moines, Iowa.

Redhawk baseball notches early string of wins to lead the Iowa Star South

TRAER — Under newly minted head coach Dalton Hulme, Redhawk baseball has been on fire practically from the get-go this season – notching a string of eight early wins beginning with an 11-2 trouncing of Gladbrook-Reinbeck during the team’s home opener at J.L. Lister Field back on May 15 ...

‘Why not a woman?’

TRAER – It has been 47 years since Traer resident Jean Kruse was appointed to serve as the first – and subsequently only – woman on the Tama County Board of Supervisors. And as the June 4 Primary Election approaches, Kruse, a Republican, thinks it’s high time she stopped being an ...

North Tama OKs athletic advertising revenue change

TRAER – The North Tama Athletic Booster Club will need to rethink how the organization raises money following school board action. During the Monday, May 20 regular meeting of the North Tama Board of Education, a resolution was approved, 5-0 (David Boldt and Cheryl Popelka were absent), ...