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Annette Sweeney announces reelection candidacy for Iowa Senate

IOWA FALLS – Rural Buckeye native Annette Sweeney has announced her re-election candidacy for Iowa Senate District #27, which encompasses all of Hardin, Grundy, Poweshiek, much of Tama, and a portion of Black Hawk counties. With the enthusiastic support of her family Annette looks forward ...

Dry autumn leads to drought watch for northwest and eastern Iowa

IOWA – Continued precipitation deficits through the autumn months have resulted in a drought watch designation for three of the state’s Drought Regions, according to the latest monthly Water Summary Update. Iowa continued to see below-average precipitation during the fall, which has led ...

Through the snow: Last week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting

TOLEDO – The Tama County supervisors all made tracks as they made their way through the snow to make their way to last week’s regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, Dec. 1. The meeting was kicked off by Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske giving his weekly report, saying that the PCI Bridge ...

Post-Thanksgiving storm blankets Iowa in heaping helping of snow

IOWA – After counting their blessings as part of the Thanksgiving holiday, folks across the Upper Midwest were also counting inches upon inches of snow as a prolonged winter storm moved through beginning Friday. When all was said and done, well over a foot of snow was deposited in the ...

LPC Women’s Club to host Home for the Holidays Tour of Homes this Sunday

LA PORTE CITY – The annual La Porte City Women's Club Tour of Homes will be held this Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, from 4-7 p.m. and will feature more homes than ever before, complete with an abundance of lights and warmth indicative of the season. There are six homes on the tour this year, ...

Union school board swears in new directors

DYSART – Newly-elected Union school board director Amanda Sheffler took the oath of office alongside returning directors Reid Carlson, Lindsay Pipho, and Cady Schmidt during the Monday, Nov. 24, annual organizational meeting held in the media center at Union Middle School. Sheffler won ...

‘A landmark lost’

TRAER – In the words of Traer historian George Kadrmas, ‘a grand old home’ located southwest of Traer was destroyed by fire on the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. “A grand old home burned to the ground last week,” Kadrmas posted Nov. 24 to the Facebook public group St. Vaclav ...

North Tama Medical Associates Board of Directors addresses the community

To North Tama Citizens, About November 7, 2025, the staff at Mercy One Clinic in Traer were informed Mercy was closing the Traer clinic. At the same time, the Board of Directors, under the name North Tama Medical Associates (owners of the clinic building) was informed that Mercy One (Trinity ...

The Tammy resolution: Last week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting

TOLEDO – Last week’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting kicked off on Monday, Nov. 24, with Ben Daleske, the county’s engineer, giving his report. Daleske said that they’ve been stockpiling rock in Chelsea, and they’ve been receiving rock from Salt Creek in Garwin as well. PCI ...