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 ...
TOLEDO – Huston William Danker’s first degree murder trial which was originally set to begin on Nov. 4, 2024, has been reset again. On Sept. 6, defense attorney Leon F. Spies of Iowa City, Assistant Attorneys General Michael H. Ringle and Israel J. Kodiaga, and Tama County Attorney Brent ...
TRAER – There wasn’t a whole lot of competition going on in the Redhawks Nest last Thursday evening as the North Tama volleyball team chewed up Collins-Maxwell 3-0 (25-4, 25-9, 25-8) in quick succession, but it was a welcome respite for the Class 1A No. 9 team as they come down off an ...
TRAER – Under the star-studded night sky last Wednesday at Traer Ripley UCC’s new venue The Parsonage, Times-Republican managing editor Robert Maharry temporarily left his day job behind to moonlight as a singer-songwriter, performing a variety of folk rock classics plus some original ...
TRAER – Taylor Park improvements have been the goal of the “Polish Up Taylor Park” committee, formed during the Traer Sesquicentennial. Projects already completed include new playground equipment, renovations to the bandstand and the upgraded military display. Michelle Podhajsky will ...
Jeremy and Amber Monat of Traer joyfully announce the engagement of their daughter, Aubree Lynne Monat to Hunter Matthew Heitmann. The young couple plan to wed on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at 3 p.m. at Cedarloo Church of Christ in Cedar Falls. The ceremony will be officiated by Aubree’s ...
LA PORTE CITY – It has been 10 days since Union High School senior Gavin Rohrbach lost his life, and two of his friends – senior Evan Hanus and junior Keegan Brooks – were severely injured in a car accident east of the town of Raymond. And while much remains unanswered about the moments ...
TRAER – The North Tama County school board is searching for candidates to fill a vacancy in Traer. The Director District 4 seat opened up earlier this month following former vice president Haley Blaine’s resignation. Per her resignation letter dated Sept. 3, Blaine said she was no longer ...