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Traer News

Traer Museum to hold Star-Clipper building tour, annual meeting on April 25

TRAER – The Traer Historical Museum will hold its annual meeting and ice cream social on Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m. An optional tour of the second floor of the Star-Clipper-Canfield building will be held ahead of the meeting at 6 p.m. Both events are open to the public. During the ...

Slowly but shearly, barber chair makes its way to new home

TRAER – The barber chair from Jon’s Barber Styling Shop brings back memories of the sports clippings on the wall and the conversations with Jon Trousdale while getting a haircut. The chair was moved to the Traer Historical Museum last week by Ron Mason, Don Stansbery and Bob Hill. It has ...

Northern Tama County residents observe total solar eclipse

A total solar eclipse was visible from the United States this past Monday, April 8. While Iowa was not in the path of totality which stretched from Texas to Maine in a narrow band, the state did experience somewhere between 70 to 85 percent of the eclipse depending on location. The peak ...

North Tama FFA to provide free farmer breakfast April 20

TRAER – National Agriculture Week was recently celebrated but North Tama FFA knows that we should celebrate farmers all year long. FFA is a student organization for those interested in agriculture and leadership. Through classes at North Tama, youth learn about horticulture, animal science, ...

Traer Community Foundation accepting grant applications

TRAER - The Traer Community Foundation board members are pleased to announce they are now accepting grant applications from non-profit Traer area groups for the 2024 grant program. Application forms may be picked up at the Farmers Savings Bank & Trust or they are available at ...

Good Egg Hunting

TRAER – On an ‘eggstraordinary’ spring morning last Saturday, the Traer Chamber of Commerce hosted the community’s annual Easter Egg Hunt for children 10 and younger – taking over the event this year from the previous organizer, the North Tama P.T.O. The park’s west hillside ...

Soule Shop & Spa joins Main Street Dysart

DYSART – After giving nearly 3,000 massages while working at Traer Chiropractic over the last five years, Union High School graduate Kortlyn (née Ewoldt) Frush, LMT, is ready to give her heart and ‘soule’ to a new venture – her very own business, Soule Shop & Spa. Since ...

North Tama approves operational sharing agreement with South Tama

Telegraph note: This story has been updated with the correct sharing incentive student numbers for superintendent and operations/maintenance management positions. TRAER – The North and South Tama school districts have officially agreed to unite in more ways than one. During last ...

North Tama celebrates FFA Tractor Day!

TRAER - If you saw several tractors driving the streets of Traer last Wednesday morning, they were headed for the high school as part of the district’s annual FFA Tractor Day. FFA students who drove a tractor to school this year include (front row, l-r) Kane Kucera, Elijah Fuller, Ava Monat, ...

North Tama graduate sells 1.5 millionth vehicle

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – On Saturday, March 16, 2024, Traer native David Wilson’s Wilson Automotive celebrated a huge milestone by selling its 1.5 millionth automobile. It was almost exactly seven years ago that the company sold its millionth. It’s been an interesting journey for ...