With election season behind us and winter approaching, I’m looking forward to the holidays and getting together with friends and family. It’s generally a peaceful time of year, filled with plenty of ...

I recently bumped into an Appanoose County woman I have known for several years. She thanked me and the nonprofit organization I manage for shining the spotlight on the actions of Centerville ...

In what has become a multiyear saga mired in controversy, the developers behind Salt Creek Wind (SCW) – the latest iteration of a central Tama County commercial wind energy project – might finally ...

The Gladbrook community will kick-off the holiday season with the 27th annual Christmas Tree Lighting Festivities, which will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 4, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. It will also be the ...

The Gladbrook American Legion Auxiliary hosted at Veterans Day Supper on Nov. 18. Unit President Jeanne Paustian began the night telling the attendees about Iowa Select Farms. They have a foundation ...

For over 50 years, our country has guaranteed students with disabilities the right to a free and appropriate public education (FAPE). This promise, protected by the Individuals with Disabilities ...

DES MOINES – The Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau (GTSB) is teaming up with law enforcement agencies across Iowa to promote road safety during the Thanksgiving holiday season. Drivers can expect to ...

TOLEDO – As the morning frost fought a losing battle against the rising sun of the new day, locals stretched, yawned, and made their way to the Nov. 12 meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors.

As I begin to prepare for our Thanksgiving celebration, I usually find a book on my shelf called, Thanksgiving, “A Time to Remember,” by Barbara Rainey. As she says on the book jacket, “A holiday for ...

Senior Vanessa Arvizu-Ersland (center) performs in the lead role of Deloris Van Cartier alongside fellow cast members – nuns of the fictional The Holy Order of the Little Sisters of Our Mother of ...

An area native is bringing decades of experience in the restaurant business on the East Coast back to her Iowa roots. Jeanmarie Harper owns and operates Mean Jean’s at 2201 Commerce Dr. in Grundy ...

Carma Lou Beck, 82, of Cedar Rapids, passed away on January 4, 2021 after a long battle with Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) and a recent pneumonia illness. Carma Lou was born in Gladbrook, Iowa to ...