DYSART – After first leasing office space in downtown Dysart more than two years ago, the Virginia-based company Apex Clean Energy – better known by its commercial wind energy project name, Winding Stair Wind – has terminated its leases with Tama County landowners. “Apex Clean Energy ...
DYSART – Gloria Hadachek and Kori Hatch are feeling pretty lucky lately and not just because St. Patrick’s Day is around the corner. The duo – both from Dysart – recently purchased the East Central Region Lucky Wife Wine Slushies franchise territory and ever since have been busily ...
TOLEDO – During a bond review hearing held by videoconference in Tama County District Court on Wednesday, a judge left the conditions as previously set — $1 million cash or surety — for Karina Sue Cooper, the rural Traer woman accused of murdering her husband Ryan Cooper at their home on ...
TOLEDO – At last week's Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting, the engineer reported working on blading, brush cutting, and putting rock down during this nice weather we've been having. Contract rock hauling will be starting soon. The engineer also had a new dust control policy approved ...
Tama County SKIP (Supporting Kids in Prevention) is partnering with the local movie theaters in Traer, Gladbrook, and the Wieting Theatre to offer a FREE Family Movie Night for Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month. We believe that protecting children is everyone’s business and want to ...
Again this year, Free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) is available to those in Tama County, according to Barb Wollan of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The service is only possible thanks to the efforts of several local volunteers and continues through mid-March. In ...
OTTER CREEK – A night of fun awaits area families on April 13 at the Tama County Nature Center! As part of Tama County Conservation’s annual Family Fun Night celebration, there will be food, games, trivia, live animal encounters, a silent auction, a gun raffle, and more. Proceeds from ...
DYSART – Four state legislators whose districts cover a portion of Tama County sat down for some caffeine and kolaches with their constituents at Harper’s Public House last Saturday morning as part of a legislative forum hosted by the Tama County Farm Bureau. Legislators in attendance ...
TOLEDO – A rural Traer woman accused of murder remains behind bars on a $1,000,000 bond at the Tama County Jail awaiting arraignment which has been set for March 14. Back on Feb. 19, Karina Sue Cooper, 46, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, a Class A felony, in connection ...
ALTOONA – Tama-Benton Cooperative is thrilled to announce that Dwaine Freemon has been awarded the prestigious title of Iowa Commercial Applicator of the Year at the Agribusiness Association of Iowa (AAI) Conference held in Altoona, Iowa, last month. Freemon, an esteemed member of the ...