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Tama County News

February Newsletter from Tama County Conservation

I've got lots of updates this month! Firstly, Tama County Conservation is hiring staff for the summer of 2024! These positions would be great for high school or college students looking to take their first step into the world of conservation. We have openings for an environmental education ...

Free tax assistance available for those with low to moderate income

TAMA COUNTY – Free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) is again available in Tama county this year, 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 begins in early February In ...

‘Women Marketing Grain’ available to Tama County residents

MARSHALLTOWN — A four-session series, Women Marketing Grain, is being offered this March by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Marshall and Tama counties to assist women in learning how to market old- and new-crop corn and soybeans. Each of the four classes is three hours long, ...

Tama-Toledo Christian School signs lease agreement, begins renovations

TAMA COUNTY – The new private K-8 Tama-Toledo Christian School has moved one step closer to an anticipated August 2025 opening by signing a lease agreement. The accredited Christian school’s board of directors announced last week in a news release they had signed a lease agreement for the ...

Chatting the meeting away

TOLEDO – Last Monday's Tama Co. Board of Supervisors meeting was nearly sidelined by good conversation. The supervisors and the public were chatting along so nicely that they didn't see the clock telling them to start the meeting. Snow was the subject reported on by the engineer, as they have ...

UNI releases Fall 2023 dean’s/graduation lists

CEDAR FALLS – Each semester, the University of Northern Iowa releases both graduation and dean’s lists. Local students in the Telegraph area have been named to both Fall 2023 lists. To be eligible for the dean's list, a student must have earned a grade point average of no less than 3.50 ...

Tama SWCD to host free upcoming cover crop and livestock event

TOLEDO – Join Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) for its upcoming event, “Above, Below & Cattle: the ABCs of soil health and profitability.” It will be held on Tuesday, February 13 at the Reinig Toledo Civic Center, 1007 S. Prospect Drive in Toledo from 9 a.m. to 2 ...

2024 Spring Master Gardener training offered

TAMA COUNTY – The application window is opening January 15 for the 2024 Spring Master Gardener training cohort, which will be offered in 29 counties or extension regions. Iowans wishing to become Master Gardener volunteers choose a county to complete training through, participate in ...

Snow and reports

TOLEDO – Few ventured out into the cold blowing snow of last Monday morning for the Jan. 15 Tama Co. Board of Supervisors meeting. County Engineer Ben Daleske wandered out of the white abyss to give his report, saying that they were out plowing snow and had gotten the paved routes open. ...

Hedgehog Creature Feature

OTTER CREEK – Have you met Tama County Conservation’s (new!) educational hedgehog Olive? Be sure to say ‘hello’ to her at the nature center during your next trip to Otter Creek Lake & Park! Olive is an African pygmy hedgehog which is a species native to Africa and is not an Iowa ...