KELLOGG – Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Pathfinders RC&D, and Grinnell College, will host a prairie and pollinator habitat field day Tuesday, June 24 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Conard Environmental Research Area (CERA) near ...
DYSART – Quilts have been part of American history for decades and barn quilt trails or tours have been started in all 99 Iowa counties and in many states to display the folk art of quilting, highlight the rural areas history, and promote tourism. About 60 homes in Dysart have smaller quilt ...
HAVERHILL – Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Middle Iowa Watershed Management Authority and Marshall County Natural Resource Conservation Service, will host a wetland and prairie field day Thursday, June 12, from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Tony and Roberta Brink’s farm near ...
TOLEDO – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Tama County is returning with a free kids program: Power of Produce Club (PoP Club) at the 2025 Toledo Farmers’ Market. This program was created at the Oregon City, Oregon, farmers market in 2011. Due to its success, it has spread ...
TOLEDO – Are you ready to embark on a tasty gardening journey? Join Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County for the Totally Tomatoes program, featuring two engaging sessions designed to teach you what you need to know to grow and prepare fresh ingredients for delicious ...
Miss Amaya Peterson, 2024 Tama County Fair Queen has been representing Tama County at fair activities, parades and other activities throughout the year. Her reign will soon be coming to an end. Peterson is the daughter of Loni and James Droigk of Gladbrook. She attended Gladbrook-Reinbeck ...
TAMA COUNTY – Tama County Master Gardeners will be in two communities on Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to noon (or as quantities last) distributing native tree seedlings to the public. Stop by the Tama Library in Tama or the TMU parking lot in Traer to receive two seedlings per household at ...
AMES – The La Porte-Dysart FFA Chapter took 13 students to the 97th annual Iowa FFA Convention, held at the Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. FFA Members participated in Leadership Development Events and Career Development Events at the convention including Prepared Public Speaking, Ag ...
DYSART – Staff, students, and volunteers with UNI’s Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) conducted a successful spring burn at Irvine Prairie northeast of Dysart in rural Benton County on Sunday, April 6, with ignition beginning just after 1:30 p.m. According to Mallory Sage, TPC community ...
CLUTIER – A member of the Clutier Fire Department was injured last month when a loaded tanker truck blew a tire and subsequently rolled into the ditch while en route to a grass fire east of town. On Saturday, March 22, at 5:40 p.m., the Tama County Sheriff’s Department responded to an ...