TOLEDO – Last Monday’s (Oct. 13) Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting started with the making of a puddle on the meeting room floor. As Supervisor Curt Hilmer attempted to open his morning Dr Pepper, the pop foamed, overflowed the top, and dripped down onto the tile. After Hilmer was ...
TAMA – Tama County Tom Stompers, the Tama County chapter of the National Wildlife Turkey Federation (NWTF), will hold a bingo night on Friday, Nov. 21, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Tama Ballroom located at 1411 E Fifth Street in Tama. Ten bingo games will be played in total including nine ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present “Traveling the Dolomites of Northern Italy" with Mary Dooley on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St, Toledo. Be transported to the northern Italian Alps for spectacular scenery, some South Tyrol ...
TRAER – North Tama vocal music teacher Christine (Chris) McFate has resigned. During the Monday, Oct. 20, North Tama school board meeting, McFate’s resignation letter and separation agreement were accepted by the board unanimously (David Boldt was absent) following a closed session that ...
DYSART – The Union Community School District recently hosted a pair of town halls in an effort to further the community’s understanding of the $18.5 million general obligation bond referendum that will be on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 city-school election ballot. “We feel this year ...
DYSART – During the growing season, the farmyard of Jon and Suzanne Winkelpleck is often in the ‘limelight’ even when the sun goes down thanks to the spectacular, viridescent ‘Limelight’ hydrangeas that ring the couple’s 1910 farmhouse. Their massive – both in height and bloom ...
TRAER – The recent work on Walnut Street raises the question: When were streets paved in Traer? In this third installment of the series Unwinding History, Traer Historical Museum president George Kadrmas explores the answer… Discussion about improving roads began with the invention of ...
GLADBROOK – While the topic of the evening was billed as a chance to learn more about high tunnel production, Tama County Women, Land & Legacy’s (WLL) 53rd event held in late September at Ryan and Jamie Madison’s Mad Acre Farms (MAF) in rural Gladbrook went far beyond the hoop ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a pair of asphalt scams that occurred last week, one of which resulted in the homeowner confronting the alleged scammers and being injured as a result. “In one case, a homeowner was injured after confronting the individuals, ...
DES MOINES – State Rep. Derek Wulf (R-Hudson) is among the Republican lawmakers whose committee leadership assignments are changing for the upcoming legislative session which begins Jan. 12, 2026. He will now chair the Agriculture Committee after previously chairing Natural Resources. Wulf ...