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‘This has been a big mess from the start’

TOLEDO – During an appeal hearing held on Tuesday, June 17, the Tama County Board of Adjustment voted 3-2 to reverse a Dec. 13, 2024 decision by then-Tama County Zoning Administrator Bob Vokoun to extend the expiration dates of Salt Creek Wind’s 61 zoning certificates – thereby setting ...

New TMU general manager to earn nearly 30% more than outgoing GM

Telegraph Note: This story will publish in the Friday, July 4 print edition of the newspaper. TRAER – The Traer Municipal Utilities (TMU) Board has hired a new general manager, one with a familiar face but at a significantly higher salary – former TMU Trustee Eric McEwen. During the ...

Traer Historical Museum R&R moved to Saturday, July 5

TRAER – The Traer Historical Museum’s monthly Remember and Reminisce (R&R) gathering will take place on Saturday, July 5, beginning at 10 a.m. due to the Fourth of July holiday falling on Friday. This month’s R&R will be a special one as the children of Ray and Yvette Berner ...

Together we supervise

TOLEDO – As the sun sat high among the clouds like a lemon resting among cotton, the usual group of citizens gathered for the Monday, June 16 Tama County Board of Supervisors’ meeting. It started off with the annual report from Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske, who stated that they are ...

University of Iowa 2025 spring president’s list honorees announced

IOWA CITY – More than 1,250 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president's list for the 2025 spring semester including the following local students. Congratulations! –Clutier: Ellie Behrens –La Porte City: Ty Lorenzen, Breanna Weltzin, Lauren Youngblut

Trio local students receive Wartburg College diplomas

WAVERLY – Wartburg College awarded diplomas to 318 students during Spring Commencement on Saturday, May 24. Local students recognized include: –Xander Bradley, Traer, Bachelor of Arts in business administration –Sterling Mullen, Buckingham, Bachelor of Arts in business ...

Iowa State honors spring graduates

AMES — Nearly 4,600 graduates received degrees from Iowa State University this spring. Graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies were held May 15-17. Larry Buss and John “J.R.” Robinson received honorary degrees during spring ceremonies. The following are graduates from this ...

Prairie Summer

IRVINE PRAIRIE – More than 100 students from Union High School closed out the school year last month with a trip to Irvine Prairie – a nearly 300-acre ‘prairie-in-progress’ roughly five miles northeast of Dysart as the crow flies and stewarded by UNI’s Tallgrass Prairie Center ...

The Empty Chair

TOLEDO – It was business as usual on Wednesday, June 11, during the most recent meeting of the Tama County Zoning Commission save for two notable changes – Laura Wilson was now seated in the Zoning Administrator's chair, having taken over from former administrator Bob Vokoun who resigned ...