TRAER – The 2025 Holiday Happenings Lighted Parade illuminated Traer’s downtown from end to end last Friday evening as part of the Chamber of Commerce’s annual two-day holiday spectacular. As has become tradition, ahead of the parade – which trundled down snow-covered Second Street ...
WASHINGTON D.C. – The federal government will provide $12 billion to U.S. farmers who have been hurt by “unfair market disruption,” President Donald Trump said at a White House roundtable event Monday (Dec. 8). Trump said repeatedly the funding was available thanks to tariff revenues, ...
As farmers face historic headwinds and market hardships, calls to the national Farm Aid hotline and the Iowa Concern hotline — where farmers can get support in times of mental health crisis or need — are increasing. This fall, the Iowa Concern hotline saw four to five times the number of ...
Telegraph Note: This story first published in the Tama-Toledo News Chronicle. It is being reprinted this week in the Telegraph as a courtesy to our readers. NEW YORK — Corbin Shuckahosee, a member of the Meskwaki Nation and a sophomore at South Tama County (STC) High School, recently ...
IOWA – The Iowa DNR is releasing a series on chronic wasting disease, to provide the latest information and online tools to one of our most important partners – Iowa’s deer hunters. This series will be released in four parts ahead of the opening of Iowa’s gun deer season. The topics ...
IOWA FALLS – Rural Buckeye native Annette Sweeney has announced her re-election candidacy for Iowa Senate District #27, which encompasses all of Hardin, Grundy, Poweshiek, much of Tama, and a portion of Black Hawk counties. With the enthusiastic support of her family Annette looks forward ...
IOWA – Continued precipitation deficits through the autumn months have resulted in a drought watch designation for three of the state’s Drought Regions, according to the latest monthly Water Summary Update. Iowa continued to see below-average precipitation during the fall, which has led ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County supervisors all made tracks as they made their way through the snow to make their way to last week’s regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, Dec. 1. The meeting was kicked off by Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske giving his weekly report, saying that the PCI Bridge ...
IOWA – After counting their blessings as part of the Thanksgiving holiday, folks across the Upper Midwest were also counting inches upon inches of snow as a prolonged winter storm moved through beginning Friday. When all was said and done, well over a foot of snow was deposited in the ...
LA PORTE CITY – The annual La Porte City Women's Club Tour of Homes will be held this Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, from 4-7 p.m. and will feature more homes than ever before, complete with an abundance of lights and warmth indicative of the season. There are six homes on the tour this year, ...