TOLEDO – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County office will host a Pest Control Operators Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education ...
Editor's note: This article first appeared in The Scoop - GMG's student newspaper. GARWIN – Brittany Raymond is the iJAG director who was nominated for an Outstanding Specialist award last year. iJAG stands for Iowa Jobs for American Graduates, it's a non-profit organization out of Des ...
GARWIN – Words on Wellness (WOW) LIVE! Is a monthly program that promotes a healthy lifestyle. The group meets on the third Tuesday of each month at noon at the Garwin Public Library to discuss relevant topics and sample a healthy recipe. Discussion is led by Cheryl Bruene from Iowa State ...
November will be a special month in the sky. Brilliant Venus will be climbing higher out of the twilight glow and Saturn will continue to dominate the southern sky. It will be almost in line with Fomalhaut in Piscis Austrinus (the Southern Fish) below and the two stars on the right side of the ...
DES MOINES – Green Mountain-Garwin FFA member and high school junior Rhianna Murty was selected to attend the prestigious World Food Prize Global Youth Institute this past week in Des Moines. According to the school district, she was chosen for the experience after submitting a research paper ...
GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook American Legion Auxiliary met on Monday, Oct. 14. Sue Koster, Education Chairman, asked GMG’s Secondary Principal, Clyde Tarrence, to give us an update on things happening at GMG for the program. He brought along four students. The group talked about a new program ...
TAMA – Iowa’s public schools are under attack. That was the message on Sunday, Oct. 6, at the Tama Civic Center during a book talk with author/educator/podcaster Jennifer Berkshire hosted by the 501(c)(4) social welfare organization Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action ...
Every year during the second week of October, fire departments across the U.S. and Canada celebrate Fire Prevention Week. This year as part of the annual event, Gladbrook Fire & Rescue visited both Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s Crayon Corner Learning Center preschool classes in Gladbrook and ...
DES MOINES – Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) is pleased to announce its 2024-25 class of Mark Pearson FFA Leadership Scholars, which includes a total of 27 outstanding students from across Iowa. The group features 14 first-year students and 13 returning students, with each attending ...
CONRAD – The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team took a field trip to the Steckelberg Veterinary Clinic for their October 5, 2024, meeting. Dr. Kurt Steckelberg, DVM, served as our host. He kicked off the tour sharing that Steckelberg is a multi-generational veterinarian clinic that was originally ...