TAMA – Iowa’s public schools are under attack. That was the message on Sunday, Oct. 6, at the Tama Civic Center during a book talk with author/educator/podcaster Jennifer Berkshire hosted by the 501(c)(4) social welfare organization Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action ...
Monday night’s South Tama County school board meeting started with a blaze: during the public comments, board member Jackie Ellenbecker, who was elected less than a year ago in November of 2023, asked to speak and delivered her resignation letter. After sharing a bit of background and ...
Retired South Tama County teacher Denise Fletcher has a simple motto when it comes to volunteer projects within the adjoining communities she calls home — if you want it, you’ve got to do it. Fletcher was one of several volunteers, many of them fellow school district retirees, who ...
King Jayven Roberts, left, and Queen Angelina Dye, right, were crowned the 2024 Meskwaki Settlement School Homecoming royalty during a coronation event last Friday morning. The Warrior football team took on Tripoli in its homecoming game that evening.
A month into the new school year, and the first STC art gallery is already on display. In the hallway of the South Tama County High School across from the office, several works of art ranging in medium and subject can be seen. The artwork by the STC students was all done in class under the ...
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO — The 2024 Meskwaki Settlement School homecoming court has been announced. Candidates are, from left to right, Sophie Shuckahosee, Nate Seymour, Sadie Stewart, Tenoch Estrada-Snow, Kiance Roberts-Keahna, Ethan Hainline, Angelina Dye and Jayven Roberts. A coronation ceremony ...
TOLEDO - Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County office will host a Forest, Aquatic and Right-of-Way Continuing Instruction Course for commercial pesticide applicators on Oct. 16. The program, provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program, can be ...
The South Tama County community came together for an emotional homecoming football game on Friday night as Trojan Country mourned the unexpected loss of sophomore Sydney Culbertson, who died of a sudden illness last Tuesday. The STC Marching Band, of which Culbertson was a member, paid ...
Queen Janette Cervantes, left, and King Jerome Kapayou, right, were crowned the 2024 South Tama County High School homecoming royalty during the football game against Center Point-Urbana last Friday night.
WATERLOO - Stiven Parmley, of Grinnell received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Allen College. Emma Koester, of Gladbrook, received a Master of Science in Nursing and a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Allen College. The College awarded 35 degrees during its commencement ceremony on Aug. ...