TOLEDO – Just after Christmas last month, the American Legion buildings in both Garwin and Gladbrook were burglarized, according to the Tama County Sheriff’s Office. “[T]here were reports of burglaries at the Garwin and Gladbrook Legions back on [Dec. 27, 2024], Chief Deputy Joe Quandt ...
TAMA COUNTY – Since 2011, the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation has hosted Operation Christmas Meal, a hunger relief effort supporting Iowa families in need of a helping hand, especially during the holidays. Throughout the first two weeks of December, the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation hosts ...
GARWIN – While he may not be Santa Claus, Garwin resident Aaron Gay sure played the part for many families in the Green Mountain-Garwin Community School District last week by wiping out thousands of dollars in school lunch debt. Through a community fundraising campaign he started on Facebook ...
GARWIN – It’s time to get festive in Garwin! The Garwin Enrichment League has planned a whole host of holiday fun for Friday, Dec. 20, in an effort to spread the festive spirit throughout the community. Decorating Contest First up, Garwin residents and businesses are invited to ...
Every year during National Education Week, Gladbrook Auxiliary Unit 127 recognizes employees of the GMG School staff. They each received a theater box of candy. In the left photo, Auxiliary Education Chrm Sue Koster, center, is pictured presenting gifts to 7-12 staff members including (from ...
GARWIN — Good things take time. When he was a freshman at Garwin High School, Orlyn Langenbau, who graduated in 1950 and went on to serve in the U.S. Air Force from 1952 to 1956, noticed that there wasn’t a flag pole at the Garwin Union Cemetery just northeast of town and decided he ...
GARWIN – A local woman has pleaded not guilty to all charges stemming from a September incident in which a loaded gun was allegedly discovered in her vehicle parked on school grounds in Garwin. Back on Sept. 27, Ashley Nichole Marie Bazan, 33, of Garwin was arrested on a warrant by the Tama ...
TOLEDO – History was made in Tama County this past Tuesday evening when voters elected a woman to the board of supervisors for the first time ever. Running unopposed on the Nov. 5 general election ballot for Tama County Supervisor District 3, Heather Knebel, a 35-year-old Republican from ...
GARWIN – Neighbors and friends recently came together to help harvest corn for the Handorfs. There have been some health issues in the family and Dale Langenbau said, "They came to help us when my Dad was sick and passed. And I know how much that helped. It is just what friends do to help one ...
GARWIN - All Veterans and community members are invited to the Veterans Memorial Dedication set for 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 11 at the Garwin Union Cemetery (near the flagpole in the southwest corner). A memorial plaque provided entirely by the Orlyn and Marveta Langenbau Family will be ...