Flanked by members of his family and Robert Kienzle (left), Orlyn Langenbau (wearing red shirt) gets a look at the new veterans memorial he paid for at the Garwin Union Cemetery last Monday morning.

TRAER – Nine classmates from the Traer High School Class of 1961 didn’t hesitate to celebrate their 80th birthdays along with their hometown’s 150th year. On Saturday afternoon, August 12, they met at ...

DYSART, IOWA – Due to Tuesday’s storms, the Dysart Chamber of Commerce and Dysart Police Department have rescheduled the 3rd Annual Dysart Night Out to Tuesday, Aug. 18, from 6-8 p.m. at Dysart City ...

DYSART – Union Middle School will begin the 2026-27 school year this coming August with a new principal at the helm following Wayne Slack’s resignation. During a special meeting of the Union school ...

TRAER – The Traer Chamber of Commerce hosted the community’s annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 4, in Taylor Park. Chamber members stuffed and hid more than 1,000 colorful plastic eggs this ...

The Tama County Historical Society is pleased to announce that it has received a Historical Resource Development Program ...

The tidy and colorful Wilson Street yard belonging to Roberta Flint and her son, Curtis Flint, has been designated the Dysart ...

Supervisor Heather Knebel (R-Traer). Happy Spring! The month of March was filled with weekly budget sessions as well as union negotiations for Tama County. This takes several hours of time but is ...

A battalion of citizens headed to the Monday, Aug. 17 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting with confusion the predominant ...

I am writing with a concern about our NuCara Pharmacy in Traer closing suddenly. Many people in our community rely on the services of the pharmacy. They don’t want to drive to another town to get ...

Rep. Dean Fisher of Montour thought his chess-playing days were over after giving up the mind sport half a century ago ...

Last year, the Traer United Presbyterian Church found a World War II Honor Roll plaque while preparing to celebrate the ...