TOLEDO – Braving the humid morning air on Monday, Aug. 26, the usual gang of local government-conscious citizens made their way to the Tama County Board of Supervisors’ meeting. Chairman Curt Hilmer was absent, so Supervisor Dan Anderson was at the helm. The meeting started like usual ...
TRAER – The Traer Historical Museum would like to reach out to families who homeschool their children. The museum is full of interesting history, including how Traer came to be a town, the importance of Tama Jim Wilson on a national level, the unbelievable number of rings on a tree lost in ...
LA PORTE CITY - Greetings from the Union Community School District! The summer has come and gone. As we begin the 2024-2025 academic year, I wanted to once again reiterate how grateful I am to be the superintendent for such a wonderful district. As in past years, my goal is to provide ...
TRAER – Members of the Traer-Clutier Class of 1964 celebrated their 60th reunion at this year’s Winding Stairs Festival held in early August. Those pictured include, first row (seated l-r): Karla (Weaver) Casey, Betty (Paustian) Erickson, Donna (Foley) Vesely, Judy (Posusta) Parizek, Janet ...
DYSART – Ahead of the brutal heat that enveloped Iowa earlier this week, both the Union and North Tama County school districts launched their respective 2024-25 school years last Friday, Aug. 23, coinciding with the earliest possible date public schools in Iowa are allowed to begin ...
TRAER – Seven North Tama/Traer-Clutier/Traer classes celebrated milestone reunions this past August as part of the 2024 Winding Stairs Festival. The Telegraph plans to print class photos from all seven graduation years as space allows. Watch for more in future print editions of the Telegraph!
TRAER – Olivia Youngblood was quite possibly born to race. While the straight-A, North Tama High School sophomore spends much of her time during the week focused on school – from academics to extracurriculars including volleyball, wrestling, track, and softball – on the weekends, at ...
TRAER – A Traer man has been arrested and charged with child endangerment after allegedly pulling a gun in the early morning hours of Aug. 8 while two victims — an adult and a minor — were present. Cody Darwin Winkowitsch, 35, was arrested on a warrant on Aug. 9 at his Second Street ...
TRAER – Since 2011, over 3,000 Iowa veterans have been honored for their service with a special trip to Washington, D.C., courtesy of Sullivan-Hartogh-Davis Cedar Valley Honor Flight. In 2010, what began as a simple conversation between local media mogul Jim Coloff and Black Hawk County ...
TOLEDO – As the morning dew still clung to blades of grass and the car windshield, many gathered for last week's Tama County Board of Supervisors' meeting. The Tama County Engineer, Ben Daleske, kicked off the main part of the meeting like always with his report talking about how Iowa ...