REINBECK – Last weekend as Reinbeck kicked off the holiday season with its annual Miracle on Main celebration, downtown business owners Kassidy and Greg Tessendorf were trying their best to ‘undeck the halls’ at their seasonal home decor/ice cream shop The Milk House in an effort to ...
REINBECK - A selection of photos from Reinbeck's 2024 Miracle on Main which took place last Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 9-10.
GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook American Legion Auxiliary hosted a Community Veterans Day Program at Westbrook Acres on Monday, Nov. 11. The ALA Americanism Chairman Lisa Reinhard started the service stating, “Today we commemorate the Armistice marking the end of the fighting between ...
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 ...
GLADBROOK – In the wake of a highly successful wind turbine safety training that took place this past August in the Vienna Wind Farm’s footprint south of Gladbrook, MidAmerican Energy has made separate donations worth $10,000 each to two local first responder groups. Gladbrook Fire and ...
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 ...
GLADBROOK – Gladbrook’s 12th annual Kids Shopping Day is right around the corner. The special shopping day for kids is Saturday, Dec. 14, from 9 a.m. to noon at Peace Church. Kids Shopping Day is a community effort to honor Jesus on His birthday by serving the children and families in ...
GLADBROOK – The Northwest Tama County Ministerial Association is hosting a Community Thanksgiving Service at Westbrook Acres on Sunday, Nov. 24, at 2 p.m. Thanksgiving is a time for friends and family to gather to give thanks for the abundance in our lives and celebrating the spirit of ...
TOLEDO – Last week's dark gloomy Monday morning saw the regular group of meeting-goers stacked into the Tama County Board of Supervisors’ chambers. First up on this week's agenda was Dianna Cowan with a tax sale property. After some discussion, the supervisors approved the Clutier property ...
DES MOINES – After the driest September in 152 years of records, nearly all of October experienced similar record dry conditions, according to the latest Water Summary Update. October’s preliminary statewide precipitation was 1.90 inches, or 0.79 inches below normal. Total rainfall for ...