GLADBROOK – The 14th annual Kid’s Shopping Day will be held Saturday, Dec. 12, from 9 a.m. to noon at Gladbrook’s Peace Church. Please remember the shoppers as you do your fall downsizing. Organizers need lots of gifts for all ages, including toys, Barbies, action figurines, LEGOs, ...
TOLEDO – As the sun shone down on a chilly Monday, Oct. 5, locals waltzed through the breeze over crunching leaves to the weekly Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. The secondary roads department reported dealing with the rain and washouts. They’ve also been hauling rock, mowing, ...
TAMA – St. John Lutheran Church will celebrate 150 years on Sunday, October 18, 2026. The church itself had its beginning in a one room country school house in Columbia Township about 6 1/2 miles southwest of Tama in 1876 by a group of German immigrants. In 1894 after having outgrown ...
IOWA – For the third consecutive year, Iowa’s Water Year ended with a statewide precipitation surplus, according to the latest Water Summary Update. The 2026 Iowa Water Year, which covers October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026, concluded with a statewide precipitation surplus of 2.82 ...
TAMA – The Tama County Democratic Central Committee will host a candidate meet and greet Tuesday, Oct. 20, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Tama Ballroom located at 1411 E. Fifth Street, Tama. Candidates slated to attend as of presstime include John Norwood of West Des Moines who is running for ...
North Tama County and Union recently announced their respective 2026 Homecoming Courts (Class of 2027). Congratulations to the candidates! Both schools’ football teams are set to play Homecoming games tonight, Friday, Oct. 9. Redhawk Country Court TRAER – North Tama’s Homecoming ...
TRAER – Traer’s Taylor Park will soon be home to a new space to gather. “Our new open-air picnic shelter in Taylor Park is taking shape!” Michelle Podhajsky, a member of the Taylor Park Landscaping & Beautification Committee, told the newspaper in an email last Friday. “The ...
CLUTIER – The tiny but mighty Tama County hamlet of Clutier is celebrating a recent community-sprucing project with a Harvest Picnic this Sunday, Oct. 11. “We are excited to celebrate the completed improvements with the community and, most importantly, to continue preserving the ...
TAMA COUNTY – Tama County Treasurer Amanda Kriegel will seek another term through a write-in campaign after falling short of the Republican nomination earlier this year. Kriegel announced the decision on her campaign Facebook page late last month, setting up another general election contest ...
TAMA – Independent congressional candidate Dave Bushaw spent about an hour and a half making his case for a different kind of politics while visiting Tama County on Saturday, Sept. 26, frequently turning the conversation back to the people sitting around the table. Bushaw, the no-party ...