TRAER – On Friday, Oct. 4, Whannels Hardware and Cellular officially cut the ribbon on its new Verizon Wireless store located at 512 Second Street in downtown Traer. Those in attendance for the ribbon cutting included (pictured, l-r), Jay Whannel, Liz Whannel, Traer Mayor Pete Holden, ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present “Tama-Toledo Businesses: Then & Now” on Wednesday, Nov. 13, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St, Toledo, Iowa. Joan Hayward Helm will present a program on businesses of past years of the Tama-Toledo ...
TRAER – The Traer Historical Museum is interested in learning from people in our community about their experiences while attending a country school in Tama County! According to the book Iowa’s Country Schools, edited by William Sherman, there were 172 schools in Tama County in 1880. Six ...
CONRAD – The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team took a field trip to the Steckelberg Veterinary Clinic for their October 5, 2024, meeting. Dr. Kurt Steckelberg, DVM, served as our host. He kicked off the tour sharing that Steckelberg is a multi-generational veterinarian clinic that was originally ...
Ahead of the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing correspondent Michael Davis sent questionnaires to all the candidates running for the Tama County Board of Supervisors. This week we feature responses from Heather Knebel who is running for District 3 as a Republican and Curt ...
Ahead of the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing correspondent Michael Davis sent questionnaires to all the candidates running for the Tama County Board of Supervisors. This week we feature responses from Curt Hilmer who is running for District 1 as a Republican and Heather ...
DYSART – Dysart’s Youngblut Ag in partnership with Tama County Extension & Outreach recently hosted for the third time the annual ‘Ag Safety Day’ for Dysart-Geneseo Elementary students. According to Youngblut Ag business manager Cassidy Youngblut, on Sept. 26, DG students ...
CLUTIER – Hora-Machacek Legion Auxiliary held a sewing day on Tuesday, Oct. 1. The following Auxiliary members were in attendance: Linda D, Collette W, Diane C, Pauline S, and Veronica P. They sewed lap quilts together and cut grocery bags into strips for sleep mats. Enjoyed a delicious ...
GLADBROOK – Tama County American Legion and Auxiliary will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Gladbrook Legion Hall at 1:30 p.m. There will be a memorial service for all Legion and Auxiliary members deceased in the last year. Please get your list of deceased members to Lorraine Vileta.
TOLEDO – As the cool fall breeze blew through town, rustling the leaves, the usual bunch gathered for the Tama County Board of Supervisors’s meeting on Monday, Sept. 30. It started, like normal, with the engineer's report stating that Denco is finishing up filling cracks. The department ...