The new Tama dog park was officially christened the Tama Bark Park at this week's Tama City Council meeting. Among other things, the new Tama fire truck should be arriving this week, while the old fire truck, along with a street sweeper, will be sold. The council approved hiring full-time ...
AMES — The following students were named to the President's List at Iowa State University. Students achieving this prestigious designation have maintained a 4.0 GPA for two consecutive semesters. The following students are from the Tama County area: Carlie Spore, of Dysart; Emma Boldy, of ...
DES MOINES — The following students have received academic honors for the Fall 2024 quarter and semester terms at Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must attain a grade point average between 3.50 and 3.749 for a minimum of six ...
MANKATO, MINN. — The Academic High Honor and Honor lists (Dean's lists) for the past fall semester at Minnesota State University, Mankato have been announced by Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Hood. To qualify for academic honors, undergraduate students must be ...
TAMA COUNTY – The Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) is partnering with the National Association of Conservation Districts, Conservation Districts of Iowa and Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company in celebrating Stewardship Week from April 27 – May 4, 2025. Kindergarten ...
CORALVILLE — The Iowa girls high school wrestling state tournament finals can feel more like a concert than a wrestling tournament: Pyro, fog, frantic lights and thumping music. When the whistle blew though, Autumn Elsbury clocked into work, and the South Tama County junior capped an ...
TOLEDO — After graduating from South Tama County High School, Rita Dostal was looking for a job while she studied at Marshalltown Community College (MCC) when she found one as a resident treatment worker (RTW) at the Iowa Veterans Home in 1969. She didn’t have a car at the time, so she ...
DES MOINES – The Times-Republican (T-R) and the Tama-Grundy newspapers took home a total of eight first-place awards across editorial, photography, website, and advertising categories during the annual Iowa Newspaper Association (INA) awards banquet held at the downtown Marriott in Des Moines ...
The fallout from the controversial firing of former Tama County Human Resources Manager and Insurance Administrator Tammy Wise continued on Monday morning as the board of supervisors once again discussed reassigning the duties of the HR department at the top of the agenda. After the ...
GLADBROOK – For the first time in many years, Green Mountain-Garwin (GMG) alumna Lillian ‘Lilly’ Bru no longer wears a tiara and she’s ok with that. Over a year ago, Bru, who hails from a farm in rural Gladbrook and graduated from GMG last May, was crowned the 2024 Iowa Pork Queen ...