LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School District continues to strengthen student literary outcomes through a two-year professional learning initiative focused on the Science of Reading and Language ...

Local students Ashley Riley of Clutier and Morgan Wentworth of La Porte City have received academic honors for the spring 2026 quarter and semester terms at Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des ...

MARSHALLTOWN – Phi Theta Kappa advisors Dr. Cecil Holland and Jen Gunderson are pleased to announce the induction of 62 students into the Alpha Iota Rho Chapter at Marshalltown Community College this ...

FAYETTE – Upper Iowa University has announced its 2026 Honors and Awards program recipients. As one of the honorees, Justin Clark of La Porte City was awarded the Clark/Bowen Endowed Scholarship.

Aubrey Gates of La Porte City was named to the University of Sioux Falls Spring 2026 Dean’s List. Gates is majoring in Exercise Science. She was among 534 students named to the Spring 2026 Dean’s List ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds can put up her pointy-toe cowboy boots and reflect on 10 years of solid damage done under the golden dome. She might not be remembered as the worst. The Iowa History Journal ascribes ...

Earlier this year, I wrote that I didn’t have high hopes for this Iowa legislative session. In that regard, they didn’t ...

Chairman Mark Doland was absent for the Monday, May 11 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting, so the second in charge, Supervisor Heather Knebel, ran the meeting. Kicking off the meeting with the ...

When moms and dads wait for a teenage driver to return home safely or a small business owner locks up their doors for the ...

The 2026 Kirkwood Community College Commencement Ceremony was held on Saturday, May 9, at 10 a.m. at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in downtown Cedar Rapids. Congratulations to all the Kirkwood ...

TRAER/LA PORTE CITY – North Tama County and Union high schools held commencement exercises for the Class of 2026 on Sunday, ...

From building with LEGO bricks to casting a fishing line, making breakfast while reading, and scoring goals on the soccer field, Tama County 4-H is bringing the fun this summer with a variety of ...