MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT — As event moderator Tommy Hexter asked the 20 or so people in attendance for the Wednesday, Aug. 13 listening session how many of them had been affected by cancer in one way or another, every hand inside the Meskwaki Tribal Center gymnasium went up. Hexter, policy ...
TOLEDO – Supervisors are moving on to Phase II. As the morning dew reflected the bright, new day sunlight shining overhead, only a couple of regulars decided to show up for the Monday, Aug. 11 meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors, making for a sparse crowd. The meeting was ...
MARSHALLTOWN – These ladies and gentlemen helped at the Tama County American Legion Auxiliary sponsored picnic at the Iowa Veterans Home on August 2. Homegrown sweet corn, baked beans, chicken, meatballs, cheesy potatoes, potato salad, coleslaw, cucumbers, tomatoes, deviled eggs and homemade ...
CLUTIER – Hora-Machacek Unit 453 of the American Legion Auxiliary met on Wednesday, Aug. 6, at the post home at 1:30 p.m. There were six members present. Treasurer Diane C. opened the meeting due to the absence of President Veronica. The vacant chair was read and followed by the Pledge of ...
Welcoming Cora Ivana Holub born August 7 at Mercy One Hospital in Waterloo. Cora arrived weighing 8 lbs, 2 oz. She is the daughter of Cordt and Krista Holub of rural Dysart. Grandparents are Dale and Patricia Mennenga of Clarksville, Iowa, Craig and Jeanne Holub of Buckingham, and the late ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present “Coin Trivia Quiz” with Jeff Shaw on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St., Toledo. Come and test your knowledge of those little pieces of history we carry around in our purses and pockets, lose ...
TRAER – Nine North Tama/Traer classes celebrated milestone reunions Aug. 7-10 as part of the 2025 Winding Stairs Festival. The Telegraph plans to print class photos from all nine graduation years as space allows. The first three classes (1950, 1965, 1975) printed in last week’s edition, ...
DES MOINES - Clutier Cowboys and Cowgirls 4-H Club member Ava Monat (pictured) competed with her crossbred steer Teddy in the Beef of Merit Show on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines as the only participant from Tama County. Monat, who graduated from North Tama this past ...
DES MOINES - Six-month-old Jarrett Volante of Clutier enjoyed his very first pork chop on a stick during the 2025 Iowa State Fair. Jarrett, the son of Josh and Megan Volante, munched on the perennially-popular fair fare in his “favorite place at the fair – the swine barn,” per Josh.
DES MOINES - Bob Hill of rural Dysart made an inaugural official appearance at the Iowa State Fair this year as his longtime, beloved alter ego Hillbilly Bob/Farmer Bob along with his 1949 John Deere MT tractor ‘Johnny the World's Funniest Tractor.’ Per the Iowa State Fair website, ...