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Tama County News

Dressed Up for Winter

TOLEDO — Many braved the chilly weather last Monday morning (Nov. 25), trooping through the blustery new-day air to attend the weekly Tama County Board of Supervisors’ meeting. The meeting started, as it does every week, with the Tama County Engineer's report. The bridge crew is ...

Tama County school ‘report cards’ unveiled

Editor's note: Due to an issue with our WordPress software, the formatting of this story is not up to our standards and we apologize. For a version of the story without said formatting issues, please pick up a print copy of this week's newspaper. DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Education ...

Tama County Community Foundation to host grant workshop Dec. 4 at Traer Library

TRAER – The Tama County Community Foundation (TCCF) will host a public grant workshop on Dec. 4 at the Traer Public Library to discuss TCCF’s 2025 grant cycle. Individuals, especially those interested in applying for a 2025 grant, are encouraged to attend the workshop and should register to ...

Salt Creek Wind in early stages along Hwy 63

TRAER – With the winds seemingly in their favor following the outcome of the most recent Tama County Board of Adjustment hearing, the developers behind Salt Creek Wind (SCW) appear to have recently entered the very early stages of construction along US 63 south of the Iowa 96 ...

A Letter of Resignation

TOLEDO – Last Monday morning, with dark, brooding clouds hanging low overhead in typical fall fashion, the usual county government onlookers filed in for the weekly supervisors’ meeting. The public comment time, which, as of late, has been filled with silence and idle chit chat due to ...

Salt Creek Wind issued new zoning certificates

TOLEDO – In what has become a multiyear saga mired in controversy, the developers behind Salt Creek Wind (SCW) – the latest iteration of a central Tama County commercial wind energy project – might finally begin construction following the outcome of a contentious Tama County Zoning ...

News & notes from last week’s Tama County Board of Supervisors

TOLEDO – As the morning frost fought a losing battle against the rising sun of the new day, locals stretched, yawned, and made their way to the Nov. 12 meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors. Held on Tuesday due to the Veterans Day holiday, the meeting started off like it does most ...

A long time coming

GARWIN — Good things take time. When he was a freshman at Garwin High School, Orlyn Langenbau, who graduated in 1950 and went on to serve in the U.S. Air Force from 1952 to 1956, noticed that there wasn’t a flag pole at the Garwin Union Cemetery just northeast of town and decided he ...