TRAER – The new Peoples Community Health Clinic officially began accepting patients this past Monday, May 4, inside the former MercyOne building in downtown Traer. Prior to Monday, the clinic had been scheduling appointments at the new satellite location via its main office line in ...
DES MOINES – Jillian Hanson, a senior at Union Community School District, and Joshua Lasley, a senior at North Tama County Community School District, were among those recognized by Gov. Kim Reynolds and Lt. Governor Chris Cournoyer for outstanding academic achievement at the 24th Annual ...
William Stone (Burt Romick’s grandfather) was one of the first rural mail carriers out of Traer when the government established the service in the early 1900s. He held the job for 13 years. He is pictured here with his Rural Free Delivery (R.F.D.) Route No. 2 mail buggy. "Rural free delivery, ...
TRAER – High school and middle school members of St. Paul Catholic Parish’s Faith Formation class along with members of the North Tama Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) chapter spent a recent Wednesday evening cleaning up the yards of several older community members as part of an ...
The Tama County Legion Auxiliary Convention was held in Traer Legion Hall on April 22, 1957. A flag ceremony presented the flags of each of the 11 local Legion Auxiliary units. The program included a memorial ceremony by the Clutier group; reports from the president of each local unit, a ...
AMES – On Monday, April 20, a group of North Tama students attended the 98th Iowa FFA Leadership Conference in Ames, including sophomore Calleigh Staker who was selected to participate in the State FFA Convention Honor Band – one of just 93 students chosen for the honor. Pictured front row ...
Traer’s St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church building was moved from Blairstown to Traer in September 1950. The moving job was handled by the Kreger house moving company of Waterloo. After the spire was removed, the church stood 36 feet high. About 1,000 electric, telephone and telegraph ...
TRAER – North Tama High School celebrated prom last Saturday, April 18, beginning with the Grand March (open to the public) in the high school gym at 6 p.m. followed by dinner and dancing downtown at the Memorial Building. The 2026 theme was A Night in Venice. Amy Lidgett of Amy’s Images ...
TRAER – The physical journey to church will soon be changing for many area Catholics. In the face of “sobering realities,” Archbishop Thomas Zinkula announced last Saturday the Archdiocese of Dubuque’s final pastorate plan to reshuffle 160 Catholic parishes across northeast Iowa ...
TRAER – Taylor Park will soon be getting a new open-air picnic shelter – no reservation required. During Traer Historical Museum’s annual meeting Thursday, March 26, Michelle Podhajsky, a member of the Taylor Park Landscaping & Beautification Committee and the museum’s 2026 ...