TOLEDO — Left vacant, made into an International School, a state home for children, or demolished — what will become of the old South Tama County Middle School? The institution has served the community for over a century, with every lifelong local resident passing through its hallowed, ...

Sigma Master Chapter met for lunch at Pizza Ranch with seven members and one guest present on Nov. 11. President Dorothy Perry thanked Karen Shipley-Cooper for hosting the day. Alice Nicholson took roll call with the question: “What is your favorite food for Thanksgiving?” Minutes of the ...

DES MOINES — Two individuals with strong area ties and roots — La Carreta Mexican Grill owner Alfonso Medina and Johnston High School Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) teacher Claire Anderson, a Conrad native and BCLUW graduate, were recently honored with special recognitions at the annual ...

QUARRY — A two-legged resident ‘wattles’ around a section of this tiny town, stopping every now and then to check himself out in one of the resident’s mirrors or reflective vehicle bumpers. Quarry resident Kassie McGerr said Mr. Gobbles, the neighborhood turkey, likes to look at ...

With just over 2,200 panels in total situated on the south side of the new campus, McFarland Clinic in Marshalltown now boasts one of the largest private solar arrays in Iowa, and clinic leaders and staff came together with the Chamber Ambassadors, Marshalltown Area Chamber of Commerce ...

KANSAS CITY, MO — Debbie Barrett-Jones creates art textiles and prints on display in galleries, residences, businesses, hospitals and churches. Her work is viewable in Kansas City at Children’s Mercy Hospital, Truman Medical Center, Community Christian Church, Lead Bank in the Crossroads, ...