OTTER CREEK LAKE & PARK – Iowa State graduate and former Jones County Conservation natural resource manager Curtis Behrens has been hired as the new director of Tama County Conservation. The announcement was made during November’s meeting of the Board of Conservation which took ...
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced on Nov. 1 that an effective Water Quality Initiative (WQI) project in Grundy, Black Hawk, Tama and Marshall Counties is expanding its territory while also adding a new phase that focuses on edge-of-field conservation practices. ...
TOLEDO – Birds were once again the topic at last week's Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. Raina Genaw, the naturalist for Tama County Conservation, attended the meeting to speak about the Bird Friendly Community resolution. Genaw informed those in attendance that the resolution ...
OTTER CREEK LAKE & PARK – Tama County Conservation is in search of muskrat trappers at Otter Creek Lake & Park to remove nuisance animals. Availability is limited and interested parties must receive special permission prior to trapping. Contact Park Officer Riley Conrad at ...
TRAER – North Tama will be getting a new school. Unofficial results from the Nov. 7 city/school election proved the second time was the charm for the North Tama County Community School District in its efforts to pass a two-question, $14.85 million bond referendum to fund facility ...
After a long Tuesday in which the spirit of democracy swept through Iowa’s counties like an eagle floating on the fall breeze, the night ended at the county auditors’ offices. Precincts called in, votes were counted, and 'VOTE HERE' signs were put in a back room. The unofficial 2023 ...
TRAER - America's strongest drink will be mixed up on Saturday, November 11, in Traer. Frontlines United Inc., a local nonprofit that was started just last February, is the force behind the event entitled The Punch Bowl. The Punch Bowl ceremony was suggested by a local friend of Frontlines ...
TOLEDO – The biggest thing on the agenda for the Oct. 23 meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors was the discussion of the Tama County Historical Society's lease on their building. Or was it? The original lease for the building, drafted in 1973, was good for 50 years which would ...
TRAER – Last week Wednesday, voters in the North Tama County Community School District set a Tama County record at the Traer Memorial Building for the most ballots processed during a satellite vote. "They did have record turnout yesterday. They processed 182 satellite voters,” Karen ...
Do you enjoy growing herbs, but would like some new ideas about how to cook with them? Join Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County as we explore ways to cook with fresh herbs from 2-4 p.m. on Wednesday, November 8 at the Traer Public Library. Learn to identify 10 different ...