GLADBROOK – Tama County Women, Land & Legacy (WLL) announces its 53rd event, “Soil to Shelter: High Tunnel Production.” The event will be held on Thursday, Sept. 25 at MadAcre Farms, 1175 F Avenue in rural Gladbrook. Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the event beginning at 6 ...
TOLEDO – Last week’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, Aug. 25, started with a lively back-and-forth during the public comment time. Afterwards, the official meeting kicked off with Ben Daleske, the Tama County Engineer, giving his weekly report. Dalesek told the board ...
TOLEDO – A new era in local education began on Monday, Aug. 25, as the newly established, nondenominational Tama-Toledo Christian School (TTCS) welcomed 33 students in grades K-8 for the first time inside the renovated former Catholic church at 600 Oswego St. in Tama. The newspaper caught ...
Telegraph Note: This story will publish in the Friday, Sept. 5 print edition. TRAER – Reports of illegal entry last month in the town of Traer are still under investigation. Back on Aug. 23, the Tama County Sheriff’s Office issued a ‘Public Safety Alert’ on Facebook, announcing, ...
MARSHALLTOWN - If you drive on Iowa 8 between Traer and Dysart you need to be aware of the upcoming closure of Iowa 8 that may slow down your trip, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Marshalltown construction office. Beginning at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 9, through Friday, ...
DYSART – Students in the Union Community School District put their best foot forward this past Monday, Aug. 25, on what was the first day of the 2025-26 school year. And as he has every year since beginning in the fall of 2022, Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School Principal Derek Weber ...
VAN HORNE – Democratic State Auditor and gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand’s popularity across the political spectrum is hard to ignore these days as he chips away at visiting all 99 of Iowa’s counties – including Lee’s two county seats, Fort Madison and Keokuk – as part of his 100 ...
DYSART – It’s everything sugar, spice, and savory in the former LB’s Pizza space. On Saturday, Aug. 16, Main Street Dysart’s newest business, Sugar & Spice Eatery and Sweets held its grand opening and ribbon cutting in the former home of LB’s Pizza at 312 Main Street. ...
TOLEDO – Following her first-degree murder conviction last month, Karina Sue Cooper’s sentencing hearing has been pushed back. Karina Cooper, now 48, was arrested and charged on Feb. 19, 2024, with first-degree murder in connection with her husband Ryan Cooper’s death following a more ...
LA PORTE CITY – On Wednesday, Aug. 13, the Union Community School District celebrated the district’s newest educators including elementary music teacher Denali Jacobson (second from left), high school science teacher Madison McKenna (center), and high school band teacher Levi Temple (second ...