TRAER – With the winds seemingly in their favor following the outcome of the most recent Tama County Board of Adjustment hearing, the developers behind Salt Creek Wind (SCW) appear to have recently entered the very early stages of construction along US 63 south of the Iowa 96 ...
TOLEDO – In what has become a multiyear saga mired in controversy, the developers behind Salt Creek Wind (SCW) – the latest iteration of a central Tama County commercial wind energy project – might finally begin construction following the outcome of a contentious Tama County Zoning ...
TOLEDO – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County office will host a Pest Control Operators Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education ...
DYSART – U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) held a roundtable in Dysart on Tuesday, Oct. 22, welcoming Iowa Sec. of Agriculture Mike Naig, area farmers, and several elected officials to Tama-Benton Cooperative to discuss what she feels is America’s greatest national asset – ...
TOLEDO – Iowa State University and Outreach Tama County office will host an Ornamental and Turfgrass Pest Control Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety ...
TOLEDO – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County office will host a Fumigation Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial and private pesticide applicators on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education ...
CONRAD – The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team took a field trip to the Steckelberg Veterinary Clinic for their October 5, 2024, meeting. Dr. Kurt Steckelberg, DVM, served as our host. He kicked off the tour sharing that Steckelberg is a multi-generational veterinarian clinic that was originally ...
This harvest will be a special one for the Dengler family. After five generations of toiling the land, the Dengler family is done. It was not an easy decision to make but a necessary one. If I were to be paid in my love of farming or the pride of having both grandparents be farmers, I ...
DYSART – Dysart’s Youngblut Ag in partnership with Tama County Extension & Outreach recently hosted for the third time the annual ‘Ag Safety Day’ for Dysart-Geneseo Elementary students. According to Youngblut Ag business manager Cassidy Youngblut, on Sept. 26, DG students ...
LA PORTE CITY – Union Community School District celebrated Iowa Local Food Day last week on Wednesday, Sept. 25, over the lunch hour. For the celebration’s main course, the district served sloppy joes made with local beef from Ackley, Iowa; Snopac corn; kiwi berries from Deb’s Berry ...