TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will host storyteller Darrin Crow for a program highlighting stories about colonial Americans and the American Revolution on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St, Toledo. To celebrate the nation’s ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society is pleased to announce that it has received a Historical Resource Development Program Grant from the State Historical Society of Iowa to support microfilm preservation of historic newspapers in and around Tama County. The Historical Resource ...
September will be an interesting month in the sky. The Big Dipper, one of the most recognizable star patterns, will be well positioned for viewing in the northwestern sky. It is made up of seven stars. Four stars on the right form the bowl, and three stars on the left form a bent handle. The ...
AMES – The Iowa State University Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm will celebrate its 50th anniversary with an open house on Sept. 10, from 2 to 7 p.m. Area farmers, agribusiness professionals and interested community members are welcome to attend the free event. Since its ...
DES MOINES – U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) told reporters last Friday that if her opponent wins the U.S. Senate campaign, the Iowa State Fair might lose its Iowa Pork Tent. Hinson flipped pork chops and spoke with officials, farmers and media at the Iowa State Fair about California's ...
TAMA – Rep. Dean Fisher of Montour thought his chess-playing days were over after giving up the mind sport half a century ago following high school. But through his work with the private, non-denominational K-8 Tama-Toledo Christian School, he’s picked up the game again after all these ...
TOLEDO – A battalion of citizens headed to the Monday, Aug. 17 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting with confusion the predominant feeling as no one seemed to have a firm grasp on what was going on or what the proper thing to do was, especially as it pertained to the petition to return ...
DES MOINES – A little more than a month after earning the crown at the Tama County Fair, Belle Werner of Toledo has added another — this time representing the entire state of Iowa. Werner was crowned the 2026 Iowa State Fair Queen last Saturday evening, Aug. 15, on the Anne and Bill ...
TRAER – Eight invited North Tama/Traer classes celebrated milestone reunions Aug. 7-8 as part of the 2026 Winding Stairs Festival, including Traer High School classes of 1956 (70 years) and 1961 (65 years), and the North Tama High School classes of 1966 (60 years), 1971 (55 years), 1976 (50 ...
TOLEDO – The sun was high in the sky, beating down on the morning like Cassius Clay in the third round. The Tama County Supervisors’ Monday, Aug. 10 meeting started with the board being served a petition during the public comments time. The petition was to place a public measure on the ...