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Tama County News

News and notes from the Tama County Board of Supervisors

TOLEDO – Dodging raindrops, the usual congregation of citizens and elected officials met for the weekly Supervisors meeting on Monday, May 19. The meeting began with a long discussion between the supervisors and Economic Development Director Katherine Ollendieck. The discourse on the ...

Fresh produce voucher program for kids coming to Toledo Farmers Market

TOLEDO – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Tama County is returning with a free kids program: Power of Produce Club (PoP Club) at the 2025 Toledo Farmers’ Market. This program was created at the Oregon City, Oregon, farmers market in 2011. Due to its success, it has spread ...

Remembering the fallen 50 years later

Editor’s Note: This is the sixth and seventh stories in a series of nine first published by the Times-Republican newspaper honoring the 32 men from Grundy, Hardin, Marshall and Tama counties who perished during the Vietnam War including one man considered as missing-in-action. From Nov. 1, ...

‘I suspect it’s going to be different’

Editor's Note: This story will publish in the Friday, May 23, edition of the North Tama Telegraph. OTTER CREEK LAKE – Tama County’s new naturalist and an alleged lack of programming dominated public comment during the Wednesday, May 7 meeting of the Board of Conservation. “On March ...

Clutier American Legion to hold Memorial Day services

CLUTIER – The Clutier American Legion Memorial Day schedule on Monday 26 May includes the following services: 8:30 a.m.: Flag raising at Post home 8:45 a.m.: Clutier Cemetery 9 a.m.: Oneida Cemetery 9:20 a.m.: Holy Trinity Cemetery 9:45 a.m.: St. Wenceslaus Cemetery 11 a.m.: ...

Learn to make, preserve your own salsa with Totally Tomatoes

TOLEDO – Are you ready to embark on a tasty gardening journey? Join Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County for the Totally Tomatoes program, featuring two engaging sessions designed to teach you what you need to know to grow and prepare fresh ingredients for delicious ...

Mental Health Awareness Month in Tama County

TOLEDO – The Tama County Board of Supervisors held two meetings between Friday, May 2, and Monday, May 5 – double the meetings, double the fun. The first meeting which took place that Friday, had a few different agenda items, the most interesting being the acceptance of the resignation ...

Flickering lights

TOLEDO – The Monday, April 28 Tama County Supervisors meeting went on like usual under the cloud of the day's possible storms; at one point, the lights in the room flickered on and off, but this was just Sheriff's Office Investigator Trevor Killian leaning against the light switch. The ...