TOLEDO – The snow had melted away, taking with it the last remnants of a lingering winter; the seasons were changing, the sun was shining, and it was again Monday, time for the Tama County Board of Supervisors’ March 24 meeting. If you were going to miss a meeting, this was the one to ...
DYSART – Dysart will welcome spring with Spring Fling, taking place downtown Friday and Saturday, April 10 and 11, during regular business hours. Organized by Vision Dysart, a division of the Dysart Chamber of Commerce, this open house–style event invites the community to explore local ...
TRAER – Last fall’s well-received freezer meal fundraiser sponsored by North Tama’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America chapter is back and this time open to the wider public. For those with students at North Tama, samples of the three fundraiser offerings will again be ...
TRAER – Traer’s only pharmacy is set to abruptly shutter Tuesday, March 31, following an announcement that four NuCara Pharmacy locations in Iowa are closing and the company is reportedly being acquired by Medicap. Alongside Traer, NuCara pharmacies in Conrad, Ackley, and Zearing are also ...
TRAER – When word got out last November that Traer was to become the third local MercyOne clinic casualty in as many years alongside Dysart and Gladbrook, the rural community of roughly 1,500 people was justifiably concerned considering Tama County has no hospitals and no urgent care ...
DYSART – It took five years (and a reschedule) for ‘Iowa’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade’ in downtown Dysart to finally experience the true luck o’ the Irish via warm temperatures, but for Mayor Tim Glenn, it was well worth the wait – and delay. “Hoping for a 40-plus ...
TOLEDO – Last week Friday at 5 p.m. the county filing deadline passed for Iowa’s Tuesday, June 2, 2026 primary election. The offices of Tama County treasurer, recorder, and attorney, as well as two seats on the Board of Supervisors, will be on the ballot locally. The deadline for written ...
DES MOINES — After more than a decade in the Iowa House of Representatives, Rep. Dean Fisher has no plans of stepping away. “I am running again in 2026,” Fisher said. “I filed my paperwork.” Now in his 14th year in office, the Republican lawmaker says his path to the legislature ...
TRAER – The community of Traer came together on Saturday, March 21, for the inaugural Traer Quilt Experience: Binding Faith and Community with Patchwork. The banner event was co-hosted by Ripley United Church of Christ, the Traer Public Library, and the Traer Historical Museum with support ...
TRAER – Last month, rural Tama County resident and photographer Mindy Finzen and her family were witness to quite a show at their acreage west of Traer as half a dozen bald eagles perched in leafless trees near their home beneath a perfect azure sky. “There were just lots of eagles ...