April will be a very special month in the sky because there will be an eclipse of the Sun on April 8. Totality will be along a narrow path from central Texas to northern New York and Maine. The rest of the country will experience a partial eclipse with the amount varying by the distance to the ...
TOLEDO – The March 11 meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors was over in the blink of an eye and started like normal with the engineer's report. Blading is being done, dirt is being put down, and contract rock has started being hauled around the county. The last right-of-way ...
CLUTIER – The Clutier High School Alumni Association’s annual banquet will be held Saturday, April 13, 2024, at the Clutier Legion Hall. Social hour at 5 p.m., with dinner following at 6 p.m. BYOB. Honored classes include 1949, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, and 1989. The ...
DYSART – The Dysart Community Foundation held its Annual Meeting at 6:30 p.m. on March 11, 2024 at the Dysart Community Building. The 2024 Board of Directors for the Foundation elected during the meeting include: Pamela Thiele, Chair, representing the City of Dysart; Sarah Carter, Vice Chair, ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present “The Tama County Rifles” on Wednesday, April 10, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre located at 101 S. Church St, in Toledo. Formed just weeks after the firing on Fort Sumter in the spring of 1861, the Rifles were Tama ...
TOLEDO – The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program will be offering a “Last Chance” Private Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for private pesticide applicators on April 10 at 1 p.m. and April 11 at 9 a.m. at the Tama County ...
Last week two stellar high school music productions took to area stages including North Tama’s annual Swing Show – ‘Nothin But A Good Time!’ – which played Thursday and Friday evenings in Traer, and Union’s spring production – “Seussical The Musical” – which played to a ...
TRAER - For a synopsis of this year's 2024 North Tama High School Swing Show: Nothin' But A Good Time, click here.
LA PORTE CITY - For a synopsis of Union High School's spring production of "Seussical The Musical," click here.
DYSART – She may be just nine years old, but Maecy Schmidt harbors some big dreams including one day becoming the first female sheriff of Tama County. While she waits on achieving that milestone, however, she’s started helping her dad, Tama County Sheriff’s Deputy Casey Schmidt with ...