ELBERON — The Elberon American Legion Auxiliary Unit 226 met May 8. The group gathered at the Lincoln Cafe in Belle Plaine for a noon lunch in honor of Mother's Day. Following the meal, secretary, Norma Riha called roll and read the minutes of the April meeting. A financial report was given ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — On May 16, Mount Mercy University pinned more than 50 nursing graduates at the Nursing Pinning Ceremony. Graduates Grace Lamont ’25 and Anna Horsfall ‘25 were featured as student speakers at the event. The Sister Mary Edward McConohy Nursing Award, which signifies high ...
TOLEDO — Learn all the basics of baking with a sourdough starter at a Sourdough Workshop at 6 p.m. on May 29. The workshop will be offered at the Tama County Iowa State University Extension and Outreach office in Toledo. Holly Van Heel, a human sciences educator with ISU Extension and ...
CHELSEA — On May 31, a 15-acre farm becomes the stage for an aerial performance unlike anything Iowa has seen. The Circus of Tensegrity, a site-responsive circus project directed and produced by Iowa City-based aerialist Mimi Ke, will premiere at 4 p.m. on May 31 at Windy Goat Acres in ...
The Safe Routes to School infrastructure project has made significant strides forward. With key grants secured, community fundraising well underway, and widespread support growing, this nearly $1 million initiative is moving steadily from vision to reality. The Iowa Department of ...
Editor’s Note: This is the seventh story in a series of nine first published by the Times-Republican newspaper honoring the 32 men from Grundy, Hardin, Marshall and Tama counties who perished during the Vietnam War including one man considered as missing-in-action. From Nov. 1, 1955 to ...
For the third board meeting in a row, public comment time has been used to express dissatisfaction with the South Tama County school district. This week came in the form of Taylor Brown, a veteran high school agriculture teacher and one of the FFA sponsors. Seth Koch approached the board and ...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife, or a scone, or a cookie, or some tea, or game of croquet. That's how it was for the guests of Windy Goat Acres in Chelsea on Mother's Day weekend. In bonnets and top hats, the ...
One of the biggest items on the agenda for this week's Toledo council meeting was done begrudgingly. The council did approve of the preconstruction agreement with the Iowa Department of Transportation for the US 63 roundabout, but acrimonious feelings were expressed in the discussion that ...
Under bright blue skies and white cotton ball clouds, the county leaders met for their weekly meeting. All supervisors were present with Heather Knebel telecommuting via the Owl. She became a TV star as her image was on the television on the wall. The meeting started with the Tama County ...