TOLEDO — After months of ups and downs, a plan of decertification for Tama County Home Care was approved as part of the Monday, April 20 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. Supervisor Curt Hilmer (R-Dysart) talked about the decision and the last Public Health meeting he attended. ...
AMES – A total of 18 La Porte-Dysart FFA members joined FFA chapters from across Iowa for the 98th Iowa FFA Leadership Conference April 19-21 at Iowa State University’s Hilton Coliseum in Ames. The Iowa FFA State Leadership Conference is one the largest of its kind in the National FFA ...
AMES – On Monday, April 20, a group of North Tama students attended the 98th Iowa FFA Leadership Conference in Ames, including sophomore Calleigh Staker who was selected to participate in the State FFA Convention Honor Band – one of just 93 students chosen for the honor. Pictured front row ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Community Foundation (TCCF) held its 2026 grant awards celebration at the Wieting Theatre Monday April 13, announcing the distribution of $193,436.99 to 26 projects undertaken by organizations serving Tama County. As part of the celebration, the City of Clutier was ...
DYSART – While she may not be a “Dysart native,” retired educator Cathy Irvine has certainly blessed the community she has called home for most of her adult life with two incredible gifts – a pair of land donations, including the nearly 300-acre Irvine Prairie located roughly five ...
TOLEDO – The ongoing saga that is the future of Tama County Public Health and Home Care has taken another turn as CEO and Executive Director Stacy Koeppen resigned earlier this month. At the Thursday, April 9 Public Health board meeting, Koeppen informed those in attendance. “After a ...
GLADBROOK – Patrick “Pat” Acton created his first model out of matchsticks in 1977, a church, using 500 matchsticks. This year he completed his 80th piece – Disney’s Cinderella Castle – using 607,000 matchsticks. His career total: a whopping 9,767,772 matchsticks used. He ...
Traer’s St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church building was moved from Blairstown to Traer in September 1950. The moving job was handled by the Kreger house moving company of Waterloo. After the spire was removed, the church stood 36 feet high. About 1,000 electric, telephone and telegraph ...
CLUTIER – The Clutier Alumni Association held its annual banquet at the American Legion Post home here on Saturday, April 11, 2026.
WATERLOO – The Hawkeye Community College commencement ceremony set for Friday, May 8, at 7 p.m. will feature retired Black Hawk County sheriff Tony Thompson as the keynote speaker and Union High School Class of 2024 graduate Brock Ruzicka as student speaker. The ceremony will be held at ...