GLADBROOK – Gladbrook resident Becky Fevold is this year’s Tama County inductee for the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame. The Iowa 4-H Foundation sponsors the annual Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Iowa State Fair. Inductees into the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame represent the many people ...
TRAER – North Tama, Traer-Clutier and Traer's honored alumni will gather for a reunion on Friday and Saturday, August 9 and 10 during the annual Winding Stairs Festival. Eight honored classes have been especially invited to attend the festivities including Traer's Class of 1954 (70 years) and ...
TAMA – For anyone taking a stroll through the 600 block of Tama’s Oswego Street this summer, renovations on the old Catholic church by the nonprofit Tama-Toledo Christian School may appear to have stalled as of late but according to Rep. Dean Fisher, president of the school’s board of ...
DYSART – The annual Dysart Golf Car Cruise will be held on Main Street Dysart on Thursday, Aug. 15 this year with the rain date set for Monday, August 19. Registration will be from 5-6 p.m. with the cruise beginning at 6 p.m. and lasting approximately 30 minutes. There will be music, ...
TOLEDO – Last Monday morning, many gathered in the Tama County Board of Supervisors’ chambers for the weekly meeting. Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske started off with his report saying that Union Pacific will close the V18 Chelsea crossing to do some work, and a detour will be in place. ...
DYSART – The Dysart Historical Society’s annual Country School Day was held on Tuesday, July 23, and was another great success with the theme ‘An 1890”s Country School Day.’ Eleven girls and boys spent the day in an 1890s country school environment in the Historical Society’s ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Chuck Grassley spoke with students from Union Middle School on the steps of the U.S. Capitol last week. Grassley and the students discussed the legislative process, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint session to Congress and Grassley’s years of public ...
GLADBROOK – The Tama County Livestock and Fair Association hosted the 2024 Tama County Fair at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook beginning Monday, July 15, through Sunday, July 21. It was another stellar fair week for both 4-Hers and FFA members alike marred by perhaps only the Monday evening ...
GARWIN – Seven Tama County area men were presented with a Quilt of Valor on Wednesday, July 3, as part of the July 4 Freedom Days celebration held in Garwin. Members of the Central Iowa Quilt Sew-ciety were on hand to help with the presentation of the quilts. These men were honored for ...
TRAER – Starting June 5, summer participants began signing up for the Traer Library’s Annual Summer Reading Program. This year’s theme, “Adventure Begins At Your Library,” involves students coloring their personal “explorer” who advances to each continent as the reader achieves ...