DYSART – On a recent Thursday morning in July, in the soggy back parking lot of Union Middle School, Tama-Benton Cooperative general manager and school board president Ben Schemmel convened a group of agriculture, business, school, and government leaders, but not to talk corn, beans, or ...
TOLEDO – Supervisors are moving on to Phase II. As the morning dew reflected the bright, new day sunlight shining overhead, only a couple of regulars decided to show up for the Monday, Aug. 11 meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors, making for a sparse crowd. The meeting was ...
DES MOINES - Clutier Cowboys and Cowgirls 4-H Club member Ava Monat (pictured) competed with her crossbred steer Teddy in the Beef of Merit Show on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines as the only participant from Tama County. Monat, who graduated from North Tama this past ...
DES MOINES - Six-month-old Jarrett Volante of Clutier enjoyed his very first pork chop on a stick during the 2025 Iowa State Fair. Jarrett, the son of Josh and Megan Volante, munched on the perennially-popular fair fare in his “favorite place at the fair – the swine barn,” per Josh.
DES MOINES - Bob Hill of rural Dysart made an inaugural official appearance at the Iowa State Fair this year as his longtime, beloved alter ego Hillbilly Bob/Farmer Bob along with his 1949 John Deere MT tractor ‘Johnny the World's Funniest Tractor.’ Per the Iowa State Fair website, ...
DES MOINES - Faith Dvorak, a North Tama Class of 2025 alumna, represented her alma mater in the FFA Swine Show at the 2025 Iowa State Fair, earning a blue ribbon for her efforts alongside ‘Big Al.’ Dvorak heads to Hawkeye Community College this fall where she will be studying veterinary ...
DES MOINES - Tama County Sheriff Casey Schmidt, right, and Iowa State Trooper Jared Rude pictured together at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 7. Trooper Rude used to live and work in Tama County back when he was assigned to Benton and Tama counties.
DES MOINES - TF Clydesdales, a fifth-generation family operation located in rural Gladbrook and owned by Becky and Steve Fevold along with their daughter and son-in-law Katie and Jake Bauer, competed in the Percheron, Clydesdale & Draft Pony Horse Show Aug. 14-17 at the Iowa State Fair, ...
TOLEDO – Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) is pleased to announce Abe Dieleman of rural Toledo and Ryan Hosek of rural Traer have been selected to each receive a $1,000 local college scholarship through the SWCD’s outreach programming. Dieleman is a Green ...
GLADBROOK – The first annual Bacon Buddies Show at the Tama County Fair was held on Friday, July 18, at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook following the 4-H Swine Show with half a dozen buddies participanting. Bacon Buddies, now in its sixth year at the Iowa State Fair, “gives individuals ...