CLUTIER – Many city and school elections in Iowa go uncontested, with only one name on the ballot. The difficult part comes when there aren’t any names at all. In Clutier, population 213, no one filed to run for mayor or any of the five seats on the city council. It’s not the only ...
TRAER – North Tama will be getting a new school. Unofficial results from the Nov. 7 city/school election proved the second time was the charm for the North Tama County Community School District in its efforts to pass a two-question, $14.85 million bond referendum to fund facility ...
After a long Tuesday in which the spirit of democracy swept through Iowa’s counties like an eagle floating on the fall breeze, the night ended at the county auditors’ offices. Precincts called in, votes were counted, and 'VOTE HERE' signs were put in a back room. The unofficial 2023 ...
What happens when the town you live in no longer has a school? If voters in the North Tama County Community School District do not approve – by a super majority of 60% – the school bond referendum on the 2023 city and school election ballot this coming Tuesday, Nov. 7, in due time we may ...
Telegraph note: With three Traer City Council at-large seats on the Nov. 7 ballot, the North Tama Telegraph sent out a questionnaire by email to all five candidates who filed paperwork including incumbents Carri Holst and Trish Kennedy, and challengers Derek Gaydos, Brad E. Rund, and Chad ...
Telegraph note: With a contested race for Traer Mayor on the Nov. 7 ballot, the North Tama Telegraph sent out a questionnaire by email to both candidates who filed paperwork including the incumbent mayor, Peter Holden and challenger Kennan Seda. Below are the responses we received in time for ...
TRAER – Last week Wednesday, voters in the North Tama County Community School District set a Tama County record at the Traer Memorial Building for the most ballots processed during a satellite vote. "They did have record turnout yesterday. They processed 182 satellite voters,” Karen ...
The top law enforcement official in Tama County has endorsed Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in his candidacy to become the next president of the United States, according to a press release sent out last week Monday. Tama County Sheriff Dennis Kucera was listed among the 26 Iowa sheriffs ...
What was predicted to be a fairly ho-hum election day in Dysart on Tuesday — as most voters in the Geneseo/Clark precinct reside in the Union school district which did not have a ballot measure — turned out to be anything but due to a fire breaking out. Around 11:30 a.m. while most ...
North Tama’s $14.25 million bond referendum fell just short of the 60% supermajority necessary during the special election held on Tuesday – six more votes and the first public measure would have passed. “The North Tama Board of Education and administration would like to thank our ...