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CGA to exhibit at Iowa League of Cities Conference Clapsaddle-Garber Associates Inc. is exhibiting at the Iowa League of Cities Conference Sept. 25-27 at the Grand River Center, 500 Bell St., Dubuque. Nearly 500 officials from large, medium and small cities around the state are expected this year at the largest event in Iowa geared toward municipalities. The League’s Annual Conference & Exhibit is held each September and includes workshops, an exhibit hall and unique networking opportunities. This year’s attendees can expect 40 education workshops and 170 exhibit booths, including ...

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Child Abuse Prevention Services gets grant Child Abuse Prevention Services has received an $11,000 grant from Variety-the Children’s Charity to fund The Nest program. Child Abuse Prevention Services is a nonprofit organization serving Marshall County with a focus on supporting and educating families. Child Abuse Prevention Services has served Marshall County families for 38 years and reaches more than 6,000 children each year through home visits, school based programming, The Nest, and crisis intervention services. The Variety grant will be used to purchase incentive items for ...

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Local hospice physician completes certification CEDAR FALLS — Matthew Ulven, MD, associate medical director of the Compassus hospice program in Cedar Falls serving 12 counties throughout northeast Iowa, recently received his hospice medical director certification conferred by the Hospice Medical Director Certification Board. Ulven has more than 27 years of medical practice experience and is board certified in family medicine. In his role as medical director, he provides patients and their families with a comprehensive care plan, ensures patients’ wishes are honored and makes ...

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MEA members receive Community Service Award Marshalltown Education Association members received the Iowa State Education Association H.O. Maxey Award at an awards banquet on July 22 at the West Des Moines Sheraton in West Des Moines before a group of educators. Accepting the award on behalf of the MEA was Brad Weidenaar. H.O. Maxey was an educator and long-time leader in the ISEA. He believed the association should give back to the communities in which we serve and to demonstrate that he started food bank drives at the National Education Association Representative and the ISEA ...

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Knapp joins GNB as ag/commercial loan officer GNB President Bob Johanns announced that Kade Knapp is joining the GNB Bank family as an ag/commercial loan officer at the Marshalltown location. Knapp graduated from Western Illinois University with a Bachelor’s degree in ag business and a minor in animal science. He currently resides on an acreage outside of Conrad and raises cattle to sell to junior livestock exhibitors across the country. “Kade is a wonderful addition to the Marshalltown location. He brings knowledge and experience pertaining to the ag and business industries ...

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Traer native to begin dental practice By MARGARET THOMSEN Traer native Dr. Brendan Boerm will be returning to Tama County to begin his dentistry practice. In early July he will be joining Drs. Bob and Donna Pipho and Sarah Gingrich in Dysart and La Porte City. Boerm is the son of Dr. Kurt and Judy Boerm, of Traer and the grandson of Ila Jean Boerm and the late Lonnie Boerm, of Toledo. Maternal grandparents are the late Thomas Droullard and Herm and Shirley Klinkner, of Dubuque. He is a 2011 graduate of North Tama County Community School District where he was an outstanding athlete ...