LA PORTE CITY – Earlier today, Union Superintendent John Howard and Union’s Board of Education announced four finalists in the district’s search for La Porte City Elementary’s next principal. The board began the search for a new LPC principal in late February following Principal Todd ...
LA PORTE CITY – Two Union athletes ran a perfect meet and several more came close last Thursday at the 2024 Gassman Coed Relays, helping to propel both the Knights boys and girls track and field teams to champion finishes. The Knights-hosted meet took place under sunny skies backed by a ...
ANKENY – Iowa’s top teachers of the year including North Tama’s Brenda Kaufmann joined Gov. Kim Reynolds, Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg, and Iowa Department of Education Director McKenzie Snow last Friday for the 2024 Outstanding Iowa Teachers Recognition Luncheon. Held at the Iowa Culinary ...
TAMA COUNTY – “Pull up. Set up. Bring the party.” That’s the motto behind one of the newest businesses in Tama County – Sippin’ Pretty Mobile Bar, owned and operated by Stephanie Sherwood of Traer and Bri Lorenzen of Dysart. “Sippin’ Pretty is a dry hire mobile bar and ...
TOLEDO – Last week Friday at 5 p.m. the county filing deadline passed for the June 4 primary election. The offices of county auditor and county sheriff, as well as five seats on the county board of supervisors, will be on the Tama County primary ballot this June. Tama County Auditor Only ...
GILMAN — The East Marshall Community School Board approved a contract for a controversial elementary principal hire. After a lengthy closed session during the regular Monday meeting, and hearing concerns, as well as support for the decision, Mark Albertsen became the newest East Marshall ...
LA PORTE CITY – Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School moved another step closer to building a ‘playground for every child’ last Tuesday following the school board’s approval of bid documents for the project. Since last spring, D-G Elementary led by Principal Derek Weber has been fundraising ...
GRINNELL – Tommy is the director of Grinnell Farm To Table, a local food business that connects over 35 local farmers with consumers in Poweshiek and Tama County and provides food access to 8 community food pantries in the area. He also works for Iowa Farmers Union as a rural organizer ...
TOLEDO – The Monday, March 18 meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors was a run-of-the-mill showing of parliamentary procedure with not too much on the agenda. The engineer kicked things off, like usual, reporting about the blading that had been done and the salt shipment that they'd ...
GLADBROOK – Attention Gladbrook School graduates, employees, family members, and citizens! The school structure may be gone but memories will last forever. A Panther Pavilion is about to become a reality. We have some plans in the works but need your help to raise money to get the project ...