KANSAS CITY — U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced on Thursday, Sept. 25, plans to boost American farmers by purchasing millions of bushels of crops. In an effort to increase American exports, the USDA will purchase 417,000 metric tons of commodities immediately ...
TOLEDO – Last week’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting started off with the pistol shot of contentious discord in the leadup to a unanimous decision to approve all actions on the agenda pertaining to the Salt Creek Wind Phase II project. Hours ahead of the vote on Monday, Sept. 22, ...
DYSART – The Tama County Cancer Committee (formerly Relay for Life) will be sponsoring a fundraising drive-by beefburger event at the Dysart Lions Club concessions stand located in Dysart City Park on Sunday, October 19, from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Beefburgers, chips, cookie/bar, and a ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society has canceled its planned “6-on-6 Girls Basketball in Iowa” program set to take place on Oct. 8 in Toledo due to a scheduling conflict on the part of the presenter.
TOLEDO – Tama County 4-H is gearing up for an exciting celebration of National 4-H Week, taking place October 5–11. The National 4-H theme this year is ‘Beyond Ready: Building a Ready Generation in a World of Change’ which perfectly captures the energy and ambition of local youth who ...
TOLEDO – During the Monday, Sept. 15 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting, the supervisors approved a small list of relatively routine items prior to the marathon discussion and eventual split vote on Salt Creek Wind Phase II. The board voted unanimously to reduce the speed limit to 35 ...
TOLEDO – For a man of few words, Ryan Cooper’s family members offered up many of their own as part of two powerful victim impact statements made during Karina Sue Cooper’s sentencing hearing which took place last Friday, more than two months after she was found guilty of first-degree ...
TOLEDO - Commercial wind energy development in Tama County has hit another wall. This past Monday, Sept. 15, the Tama County Board of Supervisors was expected to take action on several agenda items related to the Salt Creek Wind Phase II project including the following: -Approve ...
OTTER CREEK LAKE & PARK – With Otter Creek Lake at last full following the restoration project that completed in 2023, Tama County Conservation is more than ready to welcome the public to its family-oriented Fall Fest on Sunday, Oct. 5, from 1-5 p.m. “Our goal is to provide a fun, ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society is excited to announce the successful completion of the next phase of its ongoing newspaper preservation and digitization project, making historic newspapers from the earliest days of Tama County to 1960 freely available online for the public to ...