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GARWIN – Last Friday afternoon in the high school gymnasium in Garwin, Green Mountain-Garwin senior Slate Witte signed his letter of intent to continue his academic and football careers next year with the Coe College Kohawks in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Witte, who will play running back for Coe, led...

Virginia Gay Hospital is celebrating their DAISY Nominees - First Annual!. The DAISY Award is an international recognition program started in memory of J. Patrick Barnes. Pat's family experienced first-hand the difference his nurses made in his care through clinical excellence and outstanding compassionate care. The family created The DAISY Award to express gratitude to nurses and to enable other patients, families, and staff to thank and honor their special nurses. Please visit DAISYFoundation.org to learn more about Pat's story and how The DAISY Award recognizes Extraordinary Nurses.

The Vinton Guild of Fine Arts is celebrating 10 years this year (can you believe it?) The Guild will be doing a few activities to celebrate!The Guild will have a special display at various events around town this year and a special event later in the year, during the downtown Christmas open house in November. To celebrate their 10th anniversary the Guild will be challenging everyone to a Scavenger Hunt. The challenge will be to identify pieces of artwork that has been provided by the Guild.This includes 18 ears of cord, 2 wall-sized murals in the Library, 3 interactive murals, 2 mini interactive murals all located throughout the community.

The AMVET food trailer is firing up for another year! From May 17-19 starting at 11:00 a.m. at the Dollar Fresh there will be brats, burgers and hot dogs, bag of chips and a soda for a free will donation.

BROOKLYN — Camryn Russell was the only area female athlete who clinched an automatic bid into the state track and field meet during a Class 1A state qualifier at BGM High School on Thursday. The Lynnville-Sully girls left Brooklyn without knowing for sure if they were going to be...

GARWIN – Last Friday afternoon in the high school gymnasium in Garwin, Green Mountain-Garwin senior Alice Hunt signed her letter of intent to continue her academic, vocal music, and cheerleading careers next year with the Cornell College Rams in Mount Vernon, Iowa. “Cornell reached out [to me] for cheering...

GARWIN – Last Friday afternoon in the high school gymnasium in Garwin, Green Mountain-Garwin senior Reese Dieleman signed her letter of intent to continue her academic and basketball careers next year with the Mount Mercy Mustangs in Cedar Rapids. Dieleman experienced a whirlwind of a senior season under second-year...

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JOINT MEETING with EMSAdvisory Council May 14, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. 1. Discuss procedure on BOS appointment to vacant or changed EMS service representatives. 2. Discuss & Approve EMS Advisory Council By-Laws (Revised copy) 3. Discuss & Approve Mission and Purpose Statement. 4. Discuss EMS System Structure...

Vinton-Shellsburg High School 2024 Scholarship Recipients received approximately $150,000 in scholarship awards at this year's awards night. Each year, the community rallies around the graduates to send them on their way with a little monetary assistance. A special thank you to all of you who work so hard throughout the...

TAMA — A single vehicle UTV crash that left a Tama man dead on Saturday evening is under investigation by the Tama County Sheriff’s Office, according to a press release issued Monday. At 8:04 p.m., deputies responded to the crash in the 3200 block of H avenue west...

Relay For Life is more than just a fundraising walk. It is a global movement that celebrates cancer survivors and caregivers, honors loved ones, and helps fund the future of cancer research and care. Money raised from Relay directly supports members of our community by funding breakthrough research, 24/7 support for people with cancer, access to lifesaving screenings, and much more.

TOLEDO – As the early Monday morning dew still lay upon the grass, many local citizens gathered at the Supervisor’s meeting room to have their say at the second public hearing for the new public comment ordinance. Multiple citizens stood at the front of the room calling the new ordinance censorship, and a violation of free speech.

Ahead of the June 4 Primary Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing reporter Ruby McAllister sent questionnaires to all candidates running in contested races for the Tama County Board of Supervisors including those running for the Republican nomination in District 1, District 3, District 4, and District 5. This week, the newspaper is featuring the trio running for the District 1 GOP nomination: Randie Brodigan of Dysart, incumbent supervisor Curt Hilmer of Dysart, and Brian L. Wrage of Gladbrook.

In September of 2022 a Shellsburg couple, Jeffrey and Stacy Dively, were arrested on several crimes involving children.The first of these charges were brought to trial this week in the case of Stacy Diveley, 47. She faced four misdemeanor counts of Child Endangerment, and two Class D Felony charges of Child Endangerment with Bodily Injury as well as a charge of Witness Tampering, Diveley was found guilty in six of these charges. In closing arguments, the prosecutor made it clear that there was evidence that Diveley was guilty of the same crimes, multiple times more than what she was charged. In counts 1,3,5 and 6 Diveley was found guilty of Child Endangerment, an aggravated misdemeanor.In count 2, the charge of Child Endangerment with Bodily Injury, a Class D Felony,the charge was reduced to Child Endangerment dropping it to an aggravated misdemeanor charge. On the fourth charge of Child Endangerment with Bodily Injury the jury found Diveley guilty, which is a Class D Felony. The jury did not find sufficient evidence to convict Diveley on the seventh charge of tampering with a witness and ruled her innocent. Sentencing will be scheduled at a later time.In Iowa law, charges are separated between misdemeanors and felonies.-Misdemeanors can be punishable up to two years in jail. -Felonies are put into one of four classes with Class A Felonies as the most serious and Class D as the least serious. Sentencing for Class D felonies can bring up to five years in prison and a fine between $750 and $7,500. There is no mandatory prison term.