IOWA – Drought conditions improved statewide due to above-normal precipitation totals in July, according to the latest Water Summary Update. With more than double the expected precipitation, last month ranks as the second wettest July in 153 years of records, behind July 1993. Drought and ...
IOWA CITY - On what would have been the first day of his murder trial in the death of Ryan Cooper, defendant Huston William Danker, 27, has pleaded out to the single charge of murder in the first degree. According to Keith Greenberg, a producer with Dateline NBC who was present for jury ...
CLUTIER – With both the past and the future in mind, Clutier celebrated its quasquicentennial last weekend in grand Bohemie style with two days of music, dancing, parades, family-friendly entertainment and delicious food. The Clutier Fun Days weekend kicked off Aug. 1 with the Friday ...
TRAER – North Tama and Traer’s honored alumni will gather for a reunion on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 8-9 during the 2025 Winding Stairs Festival. Nine honored classes have been especially invited to attend the festivities including Traer High School classes of 1950 (75 years) and 1955 (70 ...
GLADBROOK – The first annual Bacon Buddies Show at the Tama County Fair was held on Friday, July 18, at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook following the 4-H Swine Show with half a dozen buddies participanting. Bacon Buddies, now in its sixth year at the Iowa State Fair, “gives individuals ...
TRAER – North Tama Dollars for Scholars recently received a pair of memorials from Jackie Cizek in honor of her husband Delane “Dempsey” Cizek, a North Tama Class of 1969 graduate, and her brother-in-law Dallas Cizek, Class of 1966. Dempsey owned and operated Cizek Manufacturing and ...
DYSART – The Dysart Pickleball Organization (DPO) applied for a 2025 grant from the Dysart Community Foundation for the purchase of a ball barrier fence at Callahan Courts, the new pickleball courts located in Dysart City Park. On hand for the recent grant distribution, Reta Callahan (left) ...
IOWA – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig recently announced construction is starting on a “batch and build” water quality project in Tama and Grundy Counties. This project, led by Heartland Co-op, will include the installation of 14 saturated buffers and four bioreactors. These ...
TOLEDO – The application window is open until Aug. 15 for this year’s fall Master Gardener training cohort, offered in Tama County. Iowans wishing to become a Master Gardener volunteer register with a local county extension office, complete the online Garden Academy Moodle course, and ...
MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT — The Iowa Environmental Council, The Harkin Institute and the Iowa Farmers Union are partnering to host 15 listening sessions throughout Iowa this summer to explore the state’s high cancer rates. Anyone that has been impacted by cancer, or just wants to learn more about ...