DYSART – The Dysart Chamber of Commerce recently cut another ribbon on a new downtown business – AB Customs, a kitchen and bath fabrication shop owned and operated by Union Class of 1999 alumnus Adam Bergmeier and his family. On Saturday, Dec. 6, AB Customs held a combination open house ...
PALMYRA, SYRIA — A Marshalltown National Guardsman who grew up in the community, graduated from Marshalltown High School in 2014 and worked as a laser engraving specialist at Emerson was killed in a terrorist attack by a lone ISIS gunman in Palmyra, Syria, early Saturday morning, Dec. 13, ...
TRAER – “What an exciting call I got last month from Scholarship America, the national parent group of Dollars for Scholars!” exclaimed Marilyn Bauch, vice president of North Tama Dollars for Scholars (NTDFS), earlier this year. The phone call informed Bauch NTDFS had been chosen to ...
DYSART – Christmas carols ‘past, present and future’ will soon fill the air at Zion Lutheran Church. Tama County native and North Tama High School Class of 2004 graduate Christopher Arp will play a solo organ concert entitled “Mirth, Majesty, and Marley: Christmas Carols Past, Present ...
TRAER – Ahead of the Christmas holiday, the Traer Lions Club announced the winners of this year’s Christmas lighting contest. Awards this year were based on size categories rather than places (i.e. first, second, third). All winners receive $75. Winners include: -Small Category: Mitch ...
CLUTIER – The Clutier Auxiliary held a sewing day on Dec. 2, 2025, with 10 ladies present. Sewing started at 9 a.m. and a potluck was held at noon. A brief meeting was held after lunch. There will be no meeting in January. The next sewing day and meeting will be Feb. 3, 2026, starting at 9 ...
IOWA – The Iowa DNR is releasing a series on chronic wasting disease, to provide the latest information and online tools to one of our most important partners - Iowa’s deer hunters. This series will be released in four parts ahead of the opening of Iowa’s gun deer season. The topics ...
TOLEDO – Last week’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting was punctuated by the odd cough and sneeze as Supervisor Curt Hilmer fought to get over a cold. The meeting started as it usually does with Ben Daleske, the Tama County Engineer’s, weekly report. The report this week focused ...
IOWA – Kick off the New Year by joining a First Day Hike in an Iowa State Park. More than 40 parks are hosting either a guided group hike or suggesting a self-guided hike. Hikers can expect to be surrounded by the quiet beauty of nature in winter, and experience spectacular views, beautiful ...
TRAER – The 2025 Holiday Happenings Lighted Parade illuminated Traer’s downtown from end to end last Friday evening as part of the Chamber of Commerce’s annual two-day holiday spectacular. As has become tradition, ahead of the parade – which trundled down snow-covered Second Street ...