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Meet Your Local Candidates: LeRoy Staker

North Tama School Board Candidate: LeRoy Staker Age: 43 Residence: Traer Profession: Insurance Producer Education: Bachelor's Degree Family: I am married to Nicole Staker. I have a son named Dylan who is 20 and a daughter who is 18, Jordan. I have two step daughters, one is 18, Alexis ...

Meet Your Local Candidates: Katy Wilson

North Tama School Board Candidate: Katy Wilson Age: 35 Residence: Traer Profession: Work from home mom, Licensed teacher. Taught Preschool, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Special Education for 9 years Education: Bachelor's in Early Childhood and Elementary Education with an Early Childhood ...

Weber graduates from basic training

Congratulations to Army Reserves Soldier Tommy Weber of Traer. Tommy graduated on Oct. 14, 2021 from Basic Training at Fort Leonard Wood Army Base in Missouri. He is currently doing his AIT at Fort Leonard Wood for an Interior Electrician. Tommy is the son of Scott and Karla Weber of ...

Redhawks return to doorstep of state tournament

The crowd was loud. The stakes were high. The volleyball was enthralling. Monday night’s matchup between Class 1A No. 12 North Tama and Montezuma was a high-level match of volleyball in the Region 6 semifinals. It was the Redhawks (29-10) who came out on top, advancing with a 3-0 sweep ...

Redhawks runners punch team ticket to state, first time since 2007

The Redhawks girls cross country team has run their way to state this year. On a balmy, cool Thursday last week, the North Tama girls team placed second with 50 points in the Class 1A State Qualifier on the Fillmore Fairways Golf Course in Cascade and will now be running in the 2021 Cross ...

Redhawks head to round 2 of playoffs

The Redhawks just barely advanced out of the first round playoffs last Friday by beating the Wapello Indians, 23-22, and will next take on Class A No. 9 (AP poll/Week 8 ), South Iowa Cedar District Champion Lynnville-Sully (8-1) this Friday, October 29 in the second round. The Redhawks are ...

North Tama welcomes guest author with page from her own book

North Tama School District knows how to roll out the red carpet. Guest author Martha Brockenbrough visited North Tama on Tuesday, October 12 as part of the district’s visiting author series. Brockenbrough — who is based in Seattle — arrived on campus at 8:20 a.m. by way of a fire truck ...

Lidgett captures conference crown, Redhawk girls second

Iowa Star Conference Meet The North Tama Redhawks cross country team competed in the Iowa Star Conference Meet on Thursday, October 14 at the Wartburg Max Course in Waverly. The girls team took second place with 44 points. Collins-Maxwell was the Iowa Star Conference team champion. North ...

Reward issued in Traer homicide case

Four months to the day since the murder of Ryan Cooper at a rural Traer residence, an area non-profit organization has put forward a reward. On Tuesday, Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers announced a $17,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the Cooper case. Cooper was found dead in ...

Morrison honored with Distinguished Alumni Award

David Morrison, a highly successful researcher and policy analyst, who is currently a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology at a ceremony on Thursday, October 21, 2021 ...