6 days ago · CONRAD — Rider Kupka scored a career-high 29 points as the GMG boys’ basketball team beat BCLUW 63-48 in last Tuesday’s (Jan. 14) Iowa Star Conference contest. Grady Dieleman added 12 of his 17 points in the second half for the Wolverines (4-8, 2-4), who outscored BCLUW 42-28 after the intermission to capture the South […]

6 days ago · News & notes from the Gladbrook Women’s Club January 24, 2025 - Local News The Gladbrook Women’s Club Sept. meeting was held on Thursday, Sept. 12 with Mary Jane Schaeferle presenting the program about her husband, “Doc” Schaeferle. He loved all kinds of music, singing, and playing instruments. After an accident as a child, needing stitches, he knew he wanted to ...

6 days ago · TOLEDO – Citizens awoke on Monday, Jan. 13, to a winter morning covered in frost. Braving the chilly air in knit caps and mittens, the usual group made their way to the week’s supervisors meeting. The public comment time kicked off the meeting with last week’s wind moratorium being the main subject. A project director […]

6 days ago · REINBECK – With great excitement the Pioneer Trail will soon be coming to Reinbeck. Throughout the last couple of years, a lot of effort has been put into this announcement by the Grundy County Conservation Board and the Grundy County Heritage Foundation. 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of the Pioneer Trail. As exciting as it […]

6 days ago · TRAER – Thanks to the late Ernie and Margaret Herink of Traer, North Tama High School seniors will now have one more sizable scholarship opportunity. The Herink family is offering a North Tama senior a $5,000 scholarship to attend Coe College in Cedar Rapids. The scholarship – available through North Tama Dollars for Scholars – […]

Jan 17, 2025 · TOLEDO – The winds of change are sweeping through Tama County government. It has been roughly three years since members of the local coalition Tama County Against Turbines (TCAT) first started asking the then three-member Tama County Board of Supervisors to enact a moratorium on commercial wind energy development in the county. During that time, […]

Jan 17, 2025 · TOLEDO – The winds of change are sweeping through Tama County government. It has been roughly three years since members of the local coalition Tama County Against Turbines (TCAT) first started asking the then three-member Tama County Board of Supervisors to enact a moratorium on commercial wind energy development in the county. During that time, […]

Jan 3, 2025 · Family, friends, sheriff’s office staff hold retirement send-off for ‘86-1’ January 3, 2025 TRAER – Tama County Sheriff Dennis Kucera, now retired, was honored last Saturday, Dec. 28, during a public open house held at the Memorial Building in Traer. For several hours that afternoon, family, friends, sheriff’s office staff including current and former deputies and reserve ...

Jan 10, 2025 · GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook Legion and Auxiliary will meet on Monday, Jan. 20, beginning at 6:30 p.m. for a soup supper hosted by the Legion. Everything is furnished. The Gladbrook & Lincoln Ambulance crew and firemen are …

Dec 20, 2024 · IOWA – While the ice storm that covered much of Iowa in slick roads and thick fog last weekend was not as bad as had been predicted for Tama County, several area holiday events scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 14, including Clutier ZCBJ Lodge’s annual ‘Deck the Hall’ event were postponed in the interest of safety. […]