TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present “Tama-Toledo Businesses: Then & Now” on Wednesday, Nov. 13, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St, Toledo, Iowa. Joan Hayward Helm will present a program on businesses of past years of the Tama-Toledo ...
TRAER – The Traer Historical Museum is interested in learning from people in our community about their experiences while attending a country school in Tama County! According to the book Iowa’s Country Schools, edited by William Sherman, there were 172 schools in Tama County in 1880. Six ...
CONRAD – The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team took a field trip to the Steckelberg Veterinary Clinic for their October 5, 2024, meeting. Dr. Kurt Steckelberg, DVM, served as our host. He kicked off the tour sharing that Steckelberg is a multi-generational veterinarian clinic that was originally ...
TRAER – On Friday, Sept. 13, students at North Tama Community School District celebrated the 15th anniversary of International Dot Day as has become school tradition. The global celebration was founded 15 years ago by the late Terry Shay who taught K-12 Music at North Tama for 33 years ...
TRAER — A pen has fallen silent and a chapter of history has closed. Roger Corbin, originally of Franklin County but a Traer resident for half his life, died Sept. 20 – 13 days after his 103rd birthday. He was Kubik-Finch American Legion Post 142’s last veteran of World War ...
Ahead of the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing correspondent Michael Davis sent questionnaires to all the candidates running for the Tama County Board of Supervisors. This week we feature responses from Heather Knebel who is running for District 3 as a Republican and Curt ...
Ahead of the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing correspondent Michael Davis sent questionnaires to all the candidates running for the Tama County Board of Supervisors. This week we feature responses from Curt Hilmer who is running for District 1 as a Republican and Heather ...
LA PORTE CITY – In less than four weeks, the voters in the Union Community School District will – for the first time in the history of the district (spanning nearly four decades) – vote on a bond. Specifically, on November 5, 2024, the voters will decide whether to authorize $20.5 million ...
TRAER – Marv Boldt, a 50-year member of the Traer Fire Department, has added another name to the long line of Boldt family members who have served or are currently serving as volunteer and/or career firefighters – his grandson Johnathan Cochran who recently began volunteering as a junior ...
DYSART – Dysart’s Youngblut Ag in partnership with Tama County Extension & Outreach recently hosted for the third time the annual ‘Ag Safety Day’ for Dysart-Geneseo Elementary students. According to Youngblut Ag business manager Cassidy Youngblut, on Sept. 26, DG students ...