RURAL DYSART – Irvine Prairie in rural Dysart was featured as part of this year’s annual Roadside Vegetation Conference – a conference organized by UNI’s Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) for those working in one way or another in county roadside vegetation programs. While most of the ...
TOLEDO – The meeting of the Tama County Supervisors held last Monday, October 2 was over and done with quick. The only item on the agenda was a final voucher for a paving project on E64. The agenda item was signed and approved swiftly. The Tama County Engineer went on to report that ...
The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team (MIYBT) held its monthly meeting on October 1, 2023, at the Marshall County Extension Office. The team was honored to host guest speakers, Iowa State University professors, Dr. Miranda Culbertson and Dr. Brad Skaar. Dr. Culbertson first shared beef genetic ...
CLUTIER – The Clutier, Dysart, and Traer fire departments were able to successfully respond last Friday to a large field fire that ignited northeast of Clutier during harvest. Oneida Township resident Dave Degner, who lives in the 2300 block of V Avenue, said he was out watering some trees ...
NOBLESVILLE, IND. – Willie Nelson and family took the stage near midnight for the final musical set of the 2023 Farm Aid Concert held in Noblesville, Indiana, Sept. 22-23. It was all you could hope for as a conclusion to the two-day event, according to Berleen Wobeter, a Tama County ...
TOLEDO – During several recent Tama County Board of Supervisors meetings, the subject on many people's minds has been redistricting with the supervisors appointing a group of three locals to a board to work on the matter. The redistricting board came up with an unofficial new map that ...
TAMA COUNTY – The deadline to file as a candidate for the Tuesday, Nov. 7 city and school elections came and went last week with mostly incumbents vying for local seats alongside several newcomers. For the second time in as many municipal elections, Union Community Schools’ District 1 ...
DYSART – State Senator Eric Giddens is exploring new territory. Following the 2020 Census and resulting redistricting process, some voters suddenly found themselves represented by legislators who had never before appeared on their ballots as precincts and districts were redrawn. For those ...
TAMA COUNTY — Replacing or installing a septic system can be a daunting task for residents in rural areas or communities without their own sewer systems, but over the last few years, Tama County Sanitarian Chris Behrens has been going the extra mile to secure federal grant funding for such ...
TOLEDO, IOWA – The anticipation is building for this year's National 4-H Week, during which millions of youth, parents, volunteers and alumni across the country will celebrate everything 4-H. The 2023 National 4-H Week theme is I [heart emoji] 4-H, which celebrates everything we ...