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​​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), ...

Andrea Dvorak named to Central College Dean’s List for Spring 2024

PELLA – Central College Class of 2026 student Andrea Dvorak of rural Clutier has been named to the dean's list for the Spring 2024 Semester. The honor is awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.500 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale while taking 12 or more graded credit hours for the ...

Dylan Hosek named to Morningside University spring 2024 Dean’s List

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Morningside University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Chris Spicer announced the 427 students named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester of the 2023-24 academic year including North Tama alum Dylan W. Hosek of Traer. The Dean’s List recognizes ...

Meet James McCullagh, Republican candidate for Iowa Senate District 38

Ahead of the June 4 Primary Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing sent questionnaires to all three candidates running for the Republican nomination in Iowa Senate District 38 including James McCullagh of Cedar Falls, Steve Schmitt of Waterloo, and Dave Sires of Cedar Falls. The district is currently ...