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Telegraph Note: This story first published in the Tama-Toledo News Chronicle. It is being reprinted this week in the Telegraph as a courtesy to our readers. NEW YORK — Corbin Shuckahosee, a member of the Meskwaki Nation and a sophomore at South Tama County (STC) High School, recently ...

Chronic Wasting Disease in Iowa Part II

IOWA – The Iowa DNR is releasing a series on chronic wasting disease, to provide the latest information and online tools to one of our most important partners – Iowa’s deer hunters. This series will be released in four parts ahead of the opening of Iowa’s gun deer season. The topics ...

Annette Sweeney announces reelection candidacy for Iowa Senate

IOWA FALLS – Rural Buckeye native Annette Sweeney has announced her re-election candidacy for Iowa Senate District #27, which encompasses all of Hardin, Grundy, Poweshiek, much of Tama, and a portion of Black Hawk counties. With the enthusiastic support of her family Annette looks forward ...

Dry autumn leads to drought watch for northwest and eastern Iowa

IOWA – Continued precipitation deficits through the autumn months have resulted in a drought watch designation for three of the state’s Drought Regions, according to the latest monthly Water Summary Update. Iowa continued to see below-average precipitation during the fall, which has led ...

Through the snow: Last week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting

TOLEDO – The Tama County supervisors all made tracks as they made their way through the snow to make their way to last week’s regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, Dec. 1. The meeting was kicked off by Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske giving his weekly report, saying that the PCI Bridge ...

Post-Thanksgiving storm blankets Iowa in heaping helping of snow

IOWA – After counting their blessings as part of the Thanksgiving holiday, folks across the Upper Midwest were also counting inches upon inches of snow as a prolonged winter storm moved through beginning Friday. When all was said and done, well over a foot of snow was deposited in the ...

‘A landmark lost’

TRAER – In the words of Traer historian George Kadrmas, ‘a grand old home’ located southwest of Traer was destroyed by fire on the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. “A grand old home burned to the ground last week,” Kadrmas posted Nov. 24 to the Facebook public group St. Vaclav ...

The Tammy resolution: Last week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting

TOLEDO – Last week’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting kicked off on Monday, Nov. 24, with Ben Daleske, the county’s engineer, giving his report. Daleske said that they’ve been stockpiling rock in Chelsea, and they’ve been receiving rock from Salt Creek in Garwin as well. PCI ...

Chronic Wasting Disease in Iowa

IOWA – The Iowa DNR is releasing a series on chronic wasting disease, to provide the latest information and online tools to one of our most important partners —Iowa’s deer hunters. This series will be released in four parts ahead of the opening of Iowa’s gun deer season. The topics ...

Fixing typos: Last week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting

TOLEDO – Last week’s (Monday, Nov. 17) Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting moved right along. Starting with Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske who reported that they are working on ditch digging near 260th Street and B Avenue and south of E66 on V Avenue. They are stockpiling rock in ...