Letter to the Editor:May is beef month.We are members of the Mid-Iowa Beef Team. This month we are encouraging you to eat beef.We are students at North Tama School. We play sports, play in the band, participate in our church, members of Tama County 4-H as well as many other activities in our ...
I thought I wouldn't have anything to write about since we are closed for renovation. I changed my mind.The Wieting backstage scene is now void of almost everything. The stairs on the south wall that went up to a dressing room have been taken down. Also the stairs in the east wall that went to ...
Many years ago, my great uncle purchased a grocery store in Hopkins, Missouri from a previous owner. When he and his family started preparing the store for the grand opening, they found that many of the items they thought were on the shelves were actually empty containers and that the actual ...
Seventy three years ago on April 25, American and Soviet soldiers met as wartime allies against Nazi Germany in the closing days of World War II near Torgau, an obscure German town on the Elbe River.It was a historic embrace of men in arms allied against a terrible foe that represented an ...
In 1969 I graduated from South Tama High School. Maybe you've heard of it. It was a great school to be a part of and I'm sure it still is, if not even better. Way back then we used note books and writing utensils, not computers, ipads and the such. We actually had to take hand-written notes, ...
In the LegislatureAnother busy pro-Iowa, pro-growth year in the 87th General Assembly has come to a close!A big promise was kept for Iowans. This session the legislature passed historic tax relief for Iowa taxpayers and families. Iowa has the fourth highest top individual tax rate, and that top ...
Market Report for May 11, 2018It was a chilly, drizzly kind of night for the Toledo Farmers' Market. Tonight was the night for the annual Mothers' Day flower planting. Thanks to all the kids that came out and planted a flower for their mother. Thanks to the vendors who was busy getting their ...
There have always been killings amongst humans beyond the constant larger wars, and there have long been 'individual assassinations' of presidents, of beloved or brutal leaders. The weapons used varied from rocks, hatchets, spears, poisons, acids, guns, bombs, fires, gases, vehicles and ...
May is School Board Recognition Month and an opportunity for local schools and communities to honor more than 2,000 locally elected school board members for their dedication to children and schools.In the South Tama Schools and Iowa Valley Community?College District school board members develop ...
Wake up call!!! This Sunday is Mother's Day. You still have time to plan something special for that favorite lady of yours. Don't have to thank me for the gentle reminder. Just your endearing adulation is good enough for me. Today I send out a "heavenly" Mother's Day tribute to my Mom-Sue ...