In Iowa, where three-quarters of the state's 544 public libraries serve communities with fewer than 2,500 residents, there is a new initiative to support creative aging in rural areas. Iowa Arts Learning in Libraries is a collaborative effort of the State Library of Iowa and the Iowa Arts ...
Belle Werner, 5th grader at STC Middle School won 2nd prize in the 2019 Camp Creamery Character Roundup contest with her story of "What a Weasel."The contest sponsored by the Old Creamery Theater was open to all schools in the state of Iowa. The guidelines for the contest were to write a story ...
The Meskwaki Prom scheduled for Saturday, April 20, has been postponed to May 4. Watch for an update on plans when they become available.The Meskwaki High School Prom Court for 2019 is Kallie Roberts, Marley Whitefish, MaryBelle Armajo, Tori Lasley, Tate' Bear, Noah Seymour, Ezra Seymour and ...
The South Tama County Prom Committee gathered for a group photo before the Grand March on Saturday, April 13. The Prom Committee chose the 2019 Prom theme Rustic Romance. They also did all the decorating for the dance at the Toledo Reinig Center.Pictured are front row, from left: Raelynn ...
A new chancellor to replace the retiring Christopher Duree is expected to be named this afternoon, Wednesday, April 17, by the Iowa Valley Community College District Board of Directors at the Administration Board Room in Marshalltown.A closed session begins at 4 p.m. which is allowed under Iowa ...
South Tama County's Mariana Fonseca and Gabe Babinat were crowned Prom Queen and King at the annual Prom Grand March on Saturday, April 13. Fonseca and Babinat were selected to the prom court along with eight other candidates. Queen and King were then voted on by the junior and senior classes. ...
The Alpha Iota Rho Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Marshalltown Community College inducted 21 new members this week. Phi Theta Kappa is an international honor society for two-year colleges. To qualify for membership, MCC students must be in a degree-seeking program with a cumulative 3.5 grade ...
"It's meant to be a planning tool for the board and district -other than urgent (needs)," Mike Carroll, project executive for Estes Construction, told the South Tama School Board members Monday night, April 8. The board received an in depth, 10-part evaluation of the four school buildings, ...
The Marshall County Auditor-Commissioner of Elections Office said Tuesday they have seen only a two vote change so far in the canvases of the April 2 $32 million Iowa Valley bond issue vote.The Tama County Auditor- Commissioner of Elections Office said there was no change when supervisors ...
Seniors at South Tama High School will have the option to add decor to the flat top of their mortar boards- graduations caps - come their special day. The South Tama School Board voted 3-1 Monday night, April 8, to approve the proposal from High School Principal Roy Frakes.He told board members ...