AREA – The upcoming Tuesday, June 2 primary election for Iowa House District 76 will be a straightforward contest with only one candidate filing in each of the major-party races. House District 76 encompasses the townships of Clark, Perry, Geneseo, and Buckingham in northeast Tama County ...
AREA – The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team members have experienced a busy spring. On Saturday, April 11, team seniors Jillian Hanson (Union High School), Shelby Johnston (West Marshall High School), and Rhianna Murty (GMG High School) traveled to Ames, for the Iowa Cattlemen’s Foundation ...
Memorial Day's roots go back to the Civil War. Families cleaned and decorated the graves of fallen soldiers in late spring. The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), an association of Civil War Veterans, touted May 30 as Remembrance Day. The first official Decoration Day ceremony was held at ...
TRAER – On Sunday, May 24 (day before Memorial Day), the Traer American Legion Kubik-Finch Post 142 will conduct the following Memorial Day Cemetery Rifle Salute schedule. 8:15 a.m. – Meet at Memorial Building 8:45 a.m. – West Union Cemetery (1799 QQ Ave, Traer) 9:00 a.m. – St. ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – The 2026 Kirkwood Community College Commencement Ceremony was held on Saturday, May 9, at 10 a.m. at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in downtown Cedar Rapids. Congratulations to all the Kirkwood graduates including those local students listed below by hometown. -Clutier: Emily ...
TRAER – The Traer Historical Museum hosted 38 fourth-grade students and their teachers from North Tama Schools on Thursday, May 14. The museum was a bustling hive of activity as students interacted with museum volunteers and items from the museum collection. Students discussed how ...
AMES – Iowa 4-H members demonstrated leadership, communication and career-readiness skills during the annual State 4-H Recognition Day interviews held in late March at Iowa State University and virtually across the state. Senior 4-H members in grades 9-12 interviewed for state and national ...
TRAER – On Wednesday, May 6, North Tama County High School hosted the annual Senior Awards Night during which more than $100,000 in scholarships were announced. The ceremony was held in the gymnasium and began with a public reception at 6 p.m. Punch and appetizers were served and for an ...
TRAER – The Traer Community Foundation Board of Directors has announced the 2026 disbursements for a total of $102,421.00. This is the 34th year of awarding grants. The total of Foundation grants to the community is now $1,195,552.00. These are the community betterment projects by ...
John Ames blasted a half mile long drainage ditch on his farm north of Traer in 1927. Pyrotol was used to blast the ditch with little digging. The United States Government sold surplus Pyrotol at a discount to farmers after WWI to blast tree stumps and ditches. The use of Pyrotol was halted in ...