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​​Wetland and Prairie Field Day to be held near Haverhill June 12

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 ...

News and notes from the Tama County Board of Supervisors

TOLEDO – Dodging raindrops, the usual congregation of citizens and elected officials met for the weekly Supervisors meeting on Monday, May 19. The meeting began with a long discussion between the supervisors and Economic Development Director Katherine Ollendieck. The discourse on the ...

First case of measles reported in Iowa

IOWA – On May 23, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported a confirmed case of measles in central Iowa in an unvaccinated adult. The case tested positive through the State Hygienic Laboratory and is the first confirmed case of measles in Iowa this year, and the first ...

Fresh produce voucher program for kids coming to Toledo Farmers Market

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 ...

‘I suspect it’s going to be different’

Editor's Note: This story will publish in the Friday, May 23, edition of the North Tama Telegraph. OTTER CREEK LAKE – Tama County’s new naturalist and an alleged lack of programming dominated public comment during the Wednesday, May 7 meeting of the Board of Conservation. “On March ...

Man sentenced for illegally reentering the United States after being deported

CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported was sentenced on April 30, 2025, to more than two months in federal prison. Jose Solis-Alvarado, age 34, a citizen of Mexico illegally present in the United States and residing in Traer, Iowa, received the ...

Mental Health Awareness Month in Tama County

TOLEDO – The Tama County Board of Supervisors held two meetings between Friday, May 2, and Monday, May 5 – double the meetings, double the fun. The first meeting which took place that Friday, had a few different agenda items, the most interesting being the acceptance of the resignation ...

Iowa legislative session heads to overtime

DES MOINES – Two major roadblocks remain before Iowa lawmakers can pass the state’s budget and end the 2025 legislative session — pipelines and paraeducator pay, among a few other spending priorities. Iowa lawmakers will not receive most session per-diem payments after Friday, May 2 — ...

Flickering lights

TOLEDO – The Monday, April 28 Tama County Supervisors meeting went on like usual under the cloud of the day's possible storms; at one point, the lights in the room flickered on and off, but this was just Sheriff's Office Investigator Trevor Killian leaning against the light switch. The ...