Last Wednesday at the commencement of the school day, a trio of local law enforcement officers/deputies joined forces to ...

When he was grinding his way through the coursework at the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy all the way back in the early 1980s, ...

TOLEDO – Tama County Supporting Kids in Prevention (SKIP) will be hosting an informational meeting on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 ...

The original wooden Porterfield building – displaying “THE FAIR” on its storefront – in historic downtown Traer at 548 Second ...

Josh Dostal dropped a huge double-double to help lead North Tama to a 65-58 win over GMG in the Tuesday, Dec. 10 Iowa Star ...

Far too often in society, citizens are thought of as consumers. A citizen is a legally recognized subject or national of a ...

Pianist Jenny Hulme of rural Clutier provides accompaniment on Saturday, Dec. 21, in Toledo at the Wieting Theatre for the ...

TRAER – Ahead of the Christmas holiday, the Traer Lions Club announced the winners of this year’s Christmas lighting contest ...

January will be a special month with several interesting events. Brilliant Venus will be unmistakable at its highest point in ...

Winter is finally here. And as I look around at the nooks and crannies where I feel a draft, I’ve been thinking about the ...

We are republishing this column first published by The Conversation on Aug. 18, 2020, in light of recent news President-elect ...

JoAnn Mae Kopriva, 82, was born on March 24, 1941, in Waterloo, the daughter of Joseph Sr. and Helen (Zmolek) Kopriva. JoAnn grew up in Traer and attended Perry #6 Country School through the 8th grade ...