TRAER – The Traer Historical Museum WILL NOT be hosting its monthly R&R on Friday, Dec. 6. In its place, the museum’s board invites everyone to stop by that evening from 6-8 p.m. during Holiday Happenings for a wine tasting, walking tacos, the Christmas stocking contest, face painting, ...
TOLEDO – Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) helps lower-income households file their tax returns for free, enabling them to receive the tax credits they’ve earned. Last year, VITA volunteers prepared and filed over 70 tax returns in Tama County. New volunteer tax preparers are needed to ...
TOLEDO – Last Monday morning, with dark, brooding clouds hanging low overhead in typical fall fashion, the usual county government onlookers filed in for the weekly supervisors’ meeting. The public comment time, which, as of late, has been filled with silence and idle chit chat due to ...
OTTER CREEK NATURE CENTER – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is hosting an open house on Dec. 12, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Tama County Nature Center–Otter Creek Lake and Park, 2283 County Park Road, in Toledo, to discuss the habitat management, recreation use, forest ...
TRAER – Members of the North Tama Class of 1984 celebrated their 40th reunion at this year’s Winding Stairs Festival held in early August. Those pictured include, first row (l-r): John Velky, Teresa (Vest) Frances, Todd Howard, Jeff Dostal, Brian Sienknecht, Kevin Yung, Jeff Hoeg, and ...
TRAER – Members of the North Tama Class of 1999 celebrated their 25th reunion at this year’s Winding Stairs Festival held in early August. Those pictured include, first row (l-r): Jennifer (Himschoot) Dvorak, Leigh (Staker) Sell, Janel (Ruzicka) Dvorak, Alicia Jacobs, and Amy Nachazel; ...
TOLEDO – In what has become a multiyear saga mired in controversy, the developers behind Salt Creek Wind (SCW) – the latest iteration of a central Tama County commercial wind energy project – might finally begin construction following the outcome of a contentious Tama County Zoning ...
LA PORTE CITY – Last weekend there was an abundance of peculiar clinking, scraping, and tapping sounds taking place on Union High School’s Matt Auditorium stage as members of the school’s theater department skillfully performed the comedy mystery “Things That Go Bump in the Night” ...
TRAER – In the end the decision was quick and without much fanfare. During the Monday, Nov. 18 regular monthly meeting of the North Tama school board, a majority of members decided the time had finally come to drop from Class A varsity football to 8-Player. Following a very brief ...
Telegraph note: This story was first published by the newspaper Edgerton Enterprise (based in Edgerton, Minn.) in June of 2024 and is being republished here, with permission, as a courtesy to our readers. Note from the author: When the Edgerton/Ellsworth Flying Dutchmen football team ...