Garwin News

The Gladbrook and Garwin Auxiliary Units held a joint meeting on Monday, July 14 at the Memorial Bldg for the purpose of installation of officers for the year 2008-09. Maxine Schoel was the installing officer.

HERALD By Joyce Wiese News Correspondent Tama County Supervisors were briefed by Lyle Brehm, county engineer, bringing them up to date on the flood damage to Tama County at their June 17 meeting.

TOLEDO CHRONICLE By Joyce Wiese, News Correspondent At the June 10, meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors the main topic was the condition of the Tama County Roads.

Esther Jindrich has been named the Grand Marshall of the 2008 Corn Carnival Parade.

A retirement open house was held for eight employees of the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District.

WHILE THE 2008 MEMORIAL WEEK-END STORMS - were raging, Husband Ron and I were driving home in the rain from Fayette.

Drunken-driving cases down in northern Iowa Increased fines and lower blood-alcohol limits appear to be deterring northern Iowans from driving drunk. via Http

“It will help preserve history and community pride and community components”

HERALD By John Speer, Editor A total of nine persons county-wide have agreed to serve on the Tama County Historical Preservation Commission, Lindi Roelfse, County Economic Development director, confirmed ... via Tama News-Herald

“In the past several years the baked goods have become a very fun part of the auction”

TOLEDO CHRONICLE *What-Annual Fun Nite at Tama Co. Nature Center. *Where- Otter Creek Lake Park, five miles northeast of Toledo *When-Sat. March 29, Meal 67 p.m., Speaker andAuction to follow. via Tama News-Herald

Jurors on Thursday found a Marshalltown man guilty of second-degree murder, meaning Luis Guzman Perez, 22, faces up to 50 years in prison. via Waterloo Courier

“We don't get grandbabies, nothing. It's hard to find a purpose”

No one was satisfied when the jury returned with a second-degree murder verdict against Luis Guzman Perez on Thursday. via The Gazette

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - A Marshalltown man has been convicted of killing another man at a party in 2006. via Quad-City Times

“I need my lawyer. I want to talk to my lawyer”

CEDAR RAPIDS The trial of Luis Guzman Perez resumed this afternoon with testimony from a criminologist from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. via The Gazette

“I laid on him to keep him warm. "I told him to hang in there that he'd be OK. He was my friend.”

Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette Luis Guzman Perez listens to one of his attorneys during his first-degree murder trial at the Linn County Courthouse. via The Gazette

“He was pretty protective of it.”

Josh Wohlman's best friend and host of a party where Wohlman was shot to death testified Friday that he tried "to de-escalate the fighting and the drama" the night of the party. via The Gazette

“I didn't even know someone had been hurt until someone called”

A former girlfriend testified this morning that Luis Guzman Perez shot and killed Josh Wohlman at a party in Tama County. via The Gazette

“They were fighting with each other and after another gunshot went off, maybe another shot or two. Luis had pointed the gun at Josh”

The night started innocently enough, a group of teenagers gathered for a Halloween and birthday party at a home in rural Tama County. via Waterloo Courier

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Jury selection was under way Monday in the trial of a man accused of killing another man at a party in 2006. via Quad-City Times

A trial for a man accused of killing a teenager in 2006 will begin Monday. Luis Guzman Perez, 21, of Marshalltown, is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting Joshua Wohlman, 19, of Garwin, in ... via Waterloo Courier