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Traer News

North Tama Schools to hold conferences

North Tama Parent-Teacher Conference Days for grades preschool through 12th grade will be held on Monday and Tuesday, November 22 and 23 from 4:30 to 8:00 pm. On Wednesday, November 24, there will be no school for students and staff which will be followed by Thanksgiving break on Thursday and ...

Carlson accepts Union write-in board seat

County auditors are guaranteed a certain number of write-ins to tally every election cycle — from ‘anyone else’ to ‘Big Bird’ to 'can't remember the name’ — they’ve probably seen it on a ballot. This past combined city/school election was no different, but the write-in ...

Tama County Women, Land & Legacy to host upcoming event

Join Tama County Women, Land & Legacy for its upcoming event, “Organic Farming for Home Gardeners.” It will be held on Tuesday, November 16 at the Traer Public Library’s Kupka Cultural Center, 531 Second Street in Traer. Registration and dessert will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the event ...

Magic runs out for Redhawks, senior players reflect

Friday night’s game between North Tama and hosts Grundy Center was a rematch of a regular-season finale from three weeks prior. In that game, the Spartans shut out North Tama 28-0 and clinched the Class A District 3 title. On this occasion, the Redhawks and Spartans were fighting for ...

New look legislative districts coming for Traer and Dysart

Beginning in 2022 northeast Tama County including the towns of Traer and Dysart will see a new landscape in their Iowa House and Senate districts. On Thursday, October 28, the redistricting plan proposed by the nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency (LSA) was approved by a vote of 48-1 in the ...

When all else fails, put a kiko goat on it

Hiring out a herd of goats for weed management has led to big business for one Tama County farmer. Adam Ledvina, 30, of Chelsea owns and operates Iowa Kiko Goats and Blue Collar Goatscaping — respectively a commercial breeding and meat goat business combined with a prescribed goat grazing ...

Incumbents re-elected across northern Tama County

Several new candidates alongside mostly incumbents will be sworn in this coming January across the northern Tama County landscape following the combined city/school election that took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. The following results are final unofficial results from the Tama County ...

Redhawks headed to quarterfinals

One of the biggest risk-reward decisions of the Iowa high school football season took place Friday night at Lynnville-Sully. After a chaotic, emotionally charged first half that saw the Redhawks veer towards losing control and get two sideline unsportsmanlike conduct penalties towards the end ...