TOLEDO – Last week's Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, June 30, was like a new jar of pickles, filled to the brim, as every seat in the house was taken by eager citizens. The main reason for everyone's attendance was the scheduled public hearing of Craig Sash, who the ...
IOWA – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is looking for help with the annual wild turkey production survey. During the months of July and August wild turkey sightings are recorded to estimate this year’s nesting rates and nest success. Participation is easy – just note the ...
TRAER – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is conducting 11 in-person farmland lease meetings in Central Iowa in early August. Meeting sites include Altoona, Ames, Boone, Grinnell, Grundy Center, Indianola, Knoxville, Newton, Marshalltown, Oskaloosa, and Traer. Participants will ...
Telegraph Note: This story will publish in the Friday, July 11 edition of the newspaper. It is being published now ahead of the Wednesday, July 9 special meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors. TOLEDO – The possibility of Tama County heading to trial over the Board of ...
TOLEDO – The storm was in the air, the forecast was set, and rain was on the tip of everyone's tongues as they walked into the Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, June 23. Between talks of upcoming inclement weather, the meeting began like usual with Ben Daleske, the Tama ...
TOLEDO – During an appeal hearing held on Tuesday, June 17, the Tama County Board of Adjustment voted 3-2 to reverse a Dec. 13, 2024 decision by then-Tama County Zoning Administrator Bob Vokoun to extend the expiration dates of Salt Creek Wind’s 61 zoning certificates – thereby setting ...
Telegraph Note: This story will publish in the Friday, July 4 print edition of the newspaper. TRAER – The Traer Municipal Utilities (TMU) Board has hired a new general manager, one with a familiar face but at a significantly higher salary – former TMU Trustee Eric McEwen. During the ...
TOLEDO – As the sun sat high among the clouds like a lemon resting among cotton, the usual group of citizens gathered for the Monday, June 16 Tama County Board of Supervisors’ meeting. It started off with the annual report from Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske, who stated that they are ...
TOLEDO – It was business as usual on Wednesday, June 11, during the most recent meeting of the Tama County Zoning Commission save for two notable changes – Laura Wilson was now seated in the Zoning Administrator's chair, having taken over from former administrator Bob Vokoun who resigned ...
TRAER – It was a long cold winter for farmer Craig Sash as he waited for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development office to release more than $85,000 in matching funds granted in Nov. 2024 for the installation of a solar array on his Tama County farm. But after months of ...