TOLEDO – The application window is open until Aug. 15 for this year’s fall Master Gardener training cohort, offered in Tama County. Iowans wishing to become a Master Gardener volunteer register with a local county extension office, complete the online Garden Academy Moodle course, and ...
TRAER – A North Tama teacher who was previously placed on administrative leave after being charged with child endangerment has now resigned. “I am writing to inform you I am resigning from my teaching, JH Stuco [Junior High Student Council], and HOCO [Homecoming] contracts for the ...
DYSART – In the wake of the Monday, July 21 Union Community School District Board of Education meeting, Superintendent John Howard penned a letter dated July 24 to school district families in regard to the upcoming Tuesday, Nov. 4 school bond election. The Telegraph is publishing Howard’s ...
DYSART – Dysart’s 23rd annual Car, Truck & Bike Show brought Main Street to life on Friday, July 18, with a record number of entries and visitors. The annual event brought out crowds from across the region to admire a dazzling variety of vehicles and enjoy an evening of classic cars, ...
TRAER – North Tama Dollars for Scholars completed its sixth year by giving scholarships worth $2,000 to 21 qualifying North Tama graduates for a $42,000 obligation on the organization’s part. To date, North Tama Dollars for Scholars has awarded $175,500 in scholarships to 110 graduates. ...
BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State University announces Grace Marie Blake of Traer has graduated following the spring 2025 semester. Blake graduated with a Bachelor of Science from SDSU's College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. Nearly 1,500 students completed all ...
DYSART - Dysart-Geneseo Class of 1975 had its 50th reunion on July 5 with a great turn out. The class also participated in the Fourth of July parade in Dysart with a float. Pictured from left to right front row are: Cara (Messer) Johnson, Madonna (Milne) Foulk, Mary Jo (Higgins) Kavalier, Rita ...
TOLEDO – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Tama County will be hosting a ServSafe® food safety certification class in Toledo on Aug. 12. Holly VanHeel, Human Sciences Extension and Outreach Specialist, will be teaching the class. VanHeel has been a ServSafe® instructor since ...
Congratulations to all the scholarship recipients!
TRAER – A North Tama teacher has been placed on administrative leave in the wake of her arrest on Monday, June 23, by the Tama County Sheriff’s Department at the Traer Municipal Swimming Pool for public intoxication and child endangerment. On June 24, Jennifer Alyssa Boerm, 40, of Traer ...