TRAER – State Sen. David Sires, right, whose district includes Traer, attended North Tama’s high school addition and athletic area grand opening here on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. Following the ceremony that evening, he presented an Iowa flag and a U.S. flag to board president David ...
AREA – Tama County Republicans and Democrats caucused separately in several locations on the evening of Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, including at Gladbrook City Centre where half a dozen Republicans gathered to elect delegates for upcoming county and state conventions, submit party platform planks ...
TAMA – Zach Wahls, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, and his staff succeeded in making a cold snowy day in January feel friendly and family-like as 22 guests were invited to sit with him around a table on Jan. 17 for a campaign stop at El Cerrito restaurant in Tama. Wahls asked for ...
TOLEDO – Thirty-plus people gathered on the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, to experience Republican Adam Steen, candidate for Iowa governor, at his campaign stop held in Toledo at Holy Grounds Coffee. The event was hosted by local Iowa House Rep. Dean Fisher (R-Montour) and started off ...
TOLEDO – It’s the start of the political season and Lindsay James, Democratic candidate for Iowa’s 2nd congressional district – which includes Tama and Grundy counties – showed up for her planned campaign event Dec. 13, 2025, at the Toledo Public Library despite near whiteout ...
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 ...
The Dysart City Council, Union school board, and North Tama school board will all be swearing in some new faces following the Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 city-school election. Tama County voter turnout for the 2025 city-school election was 25.39%. According to the Iowa Secretary of State’s ...
Telegraph Note: This story first published in last week's Sun Courier newspaper. It is being reprinted here as a courtesy to our readers. REINBECK – On its third try in four years, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District has finally passed a school bond referendum. A mere 16 votes ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School District's $18.5 million bond referendum has failed according to unofficial results, garnering just over 56% of the vote share. The one-question public measure was part of the Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 city-school election and asked voters to approve ...
DYSART – The North Tama Telegraph sent candidate questionnaires to all six candidates running for three at-large seats on the Dysart City Council in the Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 city-school election. Incumbents Jenn Alpers and Steve Stoner both filed to run for reelection alongside newcomers ...