TOLEDO – Few ventured out into the cold blowing snow of last Monday morning for the Jan. 15 Tama Co. Board of Supervisors meeting. County Engineer Ben Daleske wandered out of the white abyss to give his report, saying that they were out plowing snow and had gotten the paved routes open. ...
OTTER CREEK – Have you met Tama County Conservation’s (new!) educational hedgehog Olive? Be sure to say ‘hello’ to her at the nature center during your next trip to Otter Creek Lake & Park! Olive is an African pygmy hedgehog which is a species native to Africa and is not an Iowa ...
TAMA COUNTY – The story last week was certainly the weather as two significant winter storms clobbered Iowa – the first blowing through Monday into Tuesday with a heavy, wet snow, and the second arriving Friday into Saturday with blizzard conditions and bitter cold. The snowstorms ...
TRAER – The Monday, Jan. 8 meeting of the Traer City Council may have broke records for how short it was – 17 minutes – as the council and mayor worked quickly to tick through the agenda as a powerful winter storm began to make its way into northern Tama County. As the first traces of ...
TOLEDO – Weather was the talk of the Tama Co. Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, Jan. 8. Predictions of sunny skies to mountains of fluffy cotton ball snow were thrown around. Using caution, the supervisors made the decision to close the county offices on Tuesday, Jan. 9. The engineer ...
The Izaak Walton Shooting Facility is a restricted use facility requiring training on rules and regulations prior to use. A class to review rules and regulations is scheduled at 6 p.m. on Jan. 30 with a snow date of Jan. 31. The class will be held at the Tama County nature center at Otter ...
TRAER – U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) made her way to Tama County last week Thursday, stopping by Traer’s local grocery store, Hometown Foods, on an official visit for both a tour and some lunchtime specials. According to Hometown Foods owners Doug and Jill Eilderts – who purchased ...
OTTER CREEK – From native seed and fire equipment to a new skid steer and trailer, Tama Co. Conservation Director Curtis Behrens presented his draft budget for the next fiscal year during the Jan. 3 monthly meeting held at Otter Creek Nature Center. Many of the “needs” Behrens listed for ...
DES MOINES - As Iowa lawmakers returned this past Monday to the State Capitol, legislative leaders say they are planning to focus on higher education, tax cuts and nursing homes in the 2024 Iowa legislative session. Iowa Republicans control a majority in the House and supermajority in the ...
TOLEDO – The Jan. 2 meeting of the Tama Co. Board of Supervisors saw a shift in leadership. The first meeting of 2024, which will be the year of the dragon, started with the changing of the guard. Curt Hilmer was voted in as the new Chairman; his brief coronation occurred when former ...