LA PORTE CITY, IA — Residents of the Union Community School District recently provided feedback on the general obligation bond that was on the ballot in November 2024 and sought voter approval for a series of facility improvement projects. The anonymous survey was available March 17-30 and ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Community Foundation (TCCF) held its 2025 grant awards celebration at the Wieting Theatre in Toledo on April 10, announcing the distribution of $181,754.01 to 33 projects of organizations serving Tama County through its 2025 grant cycle. Grant recipient, ...
DYSART – The Dysart Pickleball Organization (DPO) along with city leaders and local contractors held a groundbreaking ceremony for the City’s new pickleball courts on Tuesday, April 15, in Dysart City Park following a race to the finish by DPO members to secure more than $50,000 in ...
DYSART – The Dysart Historical Society will hold its annual meeting and a program on Sunday, April 27, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Agriculture Museum. Following the brief annual meeting, Roy Behrens of Dysart will present a program on interesting, little known bits of Iowa history. He will be ...
TAMA COUNTY – Tama County Master Gardeners will be in two communities on Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to noon (or as quantities last) distributing native tree seedlings to the public. Stop by the Tama Library in Tama or the TMU parking lot in Traer to receive two seedlings per household at ...
May will be an exciting month in the sky. As May begins, brilliant Venus and bright Saturn will be close together low in the eastern predawn sky with Mercury near the eastern horizon and probably hard to spot without binoculars. As the month progresses, Mercury will drop quickly toward the Sun, ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present “Living with a Live Owl” on Wednesday, May 14, at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St, Toledo. Licensed falconer Brenda Smith will introduce you to Athena, her two-year-old great horned owl. Smith will begin training ...
TOLEDO – Learn all the basics of baking with a sourdough starter at a Sourdough Workshop on May 29 at 6 p.m. The workshop will be offered at the Tama County Iowa State University Extension and Outreach office in Toledo. Holly Van Heel, a human sciences educator with ISU Extension and ...
AMES – The La Porte-Dysart FFA Chapter took 13 students to the 97th annual Iowa FFA Convention, held at the Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. FFA Members participated in Leadership Development Events and Career Development Events at the convention including Prepared Public Speaking, Ag ...
TOLEDO – On Wednesday, April 9, Tama County’s American Legion posts and Auxiliary units hosted the 68th Tama County Government Day, welcoming high school seniors from area school districts to Toledo as part of an annual effort to teach students the importance of county government. As in ...