CLUTIER - Hora-Machacek American Legion Post 453 and Auxiliary Unit 453 hosted another highly successful pancake breakfast and bake sale in tandem on Sunday, March 16, at the Post home in Clutier. Thank you to everyone who attended for their support!
TOLEDO – The development of utility-scale solar in Tama County appears to have wilted in the late winter sun. There was a notable lack of public attendance at the most recent meeting of the Tama County Zoning Commission on March 4, with only six audience seats occupied – a sixfold ...
TRAER – Tama County Women, Land & Legacy (WLL) announces its 52nd event: “Into the Wild: Safe Mushroom Foraging.” The event will be held on Wednesday, March 26, at Traer Public Library’s Kupka Cultural Center, 531 Second Street. Registration and dessert will begin at 6:30 p.m. with ...
TOLEDO – The usual suspects congregated last Monday morning (March 3) for the weekly Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. The two-and-a-half-hour meeting saw a whopping 25 items on the mammoth-sized agenda be discussed, acted on, and generally mulled over. The first box to get ticked ...
TRAER – There are many ways to pay one’s respects - haphazardly driving through a nearly 170-year-old cemetery and causing damage to headstones is certainly not one of those ways. “Sometime in mid-January, a vehicle drove through the West Union Cemetery, located southeast of Traer, ...
TAMA COUNTY – Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) continue to impact Iowa’s deer population, prompting ongoing surveillance and management efforts by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Experts, including Catherine Cummings (Iowa State ...
TRAER – The Parsonage at Ripley in Traer is again set to host monthly open mics from May through November with featured performances from local and regional artists. In the wake of a highly successful 2024 season, the venue is expanding to seven events for 2025. Poets, musicians and other ...
Editor’s note: The following notice was released last week by the Poweshiek Water Association. Since August 1, 2024, when we [Poweshiek Water Association] lifted the mandatory conservation order, we have kept you updated via our website, Facebook page, letters, and Quench magazine. As you ...
TOLEDO – As the wondrous face of spring was delightfully glimpsed on Monday, Feb. 24, many went back into the fray of another Tama County Supervisors meeting. It was another week of experimentation, trial and error, and electronic exploration as livestreaming with the Owl device was again ...
TOLEDO – Did you know that Iowa has a unique funding source for free or low-cost annual testing of private wells? Or that some water pollutants are odorless, tasteless and will not be removed by boiling water? If you’re curious about the answers to these questions, then take advantage of an ...