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Meet the Iowa House District 53 Candidates: Berleen Wobeter

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Berleen Wobeter, Democratic candidate for Iowa House District 53 Age: 69 Old enough to have witnessed much change in the state and consider if the change has been positive or negative and what was the cause for the change. Education: Graduate of Dysart-Geneseo High School Earned a BS in ...

The Accidental Cowboy Poet

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It wasn’t a lifelong goal or a product of years of passion, no local retiree Larry Kilmer wrote his book on accident. Whether it be pure happenstance or pure dedication, the end result is the same as a piece of literary art has been made, with every word smelling faintly of ...

STC school board explores potential career academy partnership

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The South Tama County Community School District is exploring a potential partnership with Marshalltown Community College (MCC) that could bring new career and technical education opportunities to students at South Tama County High School. During the Monday school board meeting, Superintendent ...

From one agenda item to the other

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They all wandered alone, traveling separately, over dead leaves and under balding trees to come and congregate so as to meditate on the issues of the day at this week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting. The meeting started like most, with the roads report. The new Engineer, who is ...

Snapping Right Through

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The Tama City Council meeting started by snapping through agenda items left and right. They started by hiring a new deputy city clerk, Abbigail Patrick, setting her wage at $20 an hour, and making her a signer on all city accounts, replacing former deputy clerk Sierra Berger. EMS talked about ...

STC’s Dixie Forcht to join Iowa Thespian Hall of Fame

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Dixie Forcht, theatre director at South Tama County High School, is the newest member of the Iowa Thespian Hall of Fame. Forcht will be inducted on November 14 during the annual Iowa Thespian Festival at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) campus. She will be honored for her significant ...

‘Homespun’ to visit on Oct. 25

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TOLED0 — First Presbyterian Church of Toledo will host "Homespun," a gospel Country and Blue Grass musical family - the Dirksens from Woden. They will lead the church's worship service at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 25. A potluck luncheon will follow. The public is invited.