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Tama County News

Back to 1934 – Tama Co. voters say ‘yes’ to five supervisors

Tama County voters overwhelmingly passed a public measure during Tuesday night’s midterm election to return the county to a form of government not experienced since 1934 – five county supervisors. Public Measure TX – “The number of Tama County Supervisors shall be increased from three ...

Wyatt concedes election in race for HD76

Telegraph note: Wyatt's campaign released the following statement just after 10:30. p.m. on Election Night, Tuesday, Nov. 8. With the final results of the 2022 election reported, Kate Wyatt, democratic candidate for Iowa House District 76, has conceded. “I want to thank everyone who ...

Rep. Hinson visits Tama Co., talks gas prices at pump

U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) was back on the trail bright and early Thursday morning, and her first stop was the Toledo Phillips 66 gas station. Hinson spoke with individuals as they pumped their gas and listened to the concerns that they had regarding energy prices. Hinson said being able ...

Traer Fire leads response to 64-acre field fire near Buckingham

The afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 22 was a long and heated one for members of the Traer Fire Department as they led the response to an extensive 64-acre field fire southeast of Buckingham that would eventually take seven hours to extinguish. The fire – which originated on the north side of a ...

Residency called into question in race for House District 76

With less than a week to go before the Nov. 8 General Election, recent reporting from the Cedar Rapids television station KCRG has raised questions regarding the residency of Derek Wulf, a rural Hudson resident running on the Republican ticket for the newly created Iowa House District ...

Tama County adds online driver’s license appointment scheduling

Over the past two years, driver’s license customers throughout the state of Iowa have become accustomed to calling ahead for appointments rather than waiting in line with a number to be served. The shift to appointment-based service began as a public health measure during the COVID-19 ...

Meet the Candidates: Annette Sweeney (R-Buckeye)

Telegraph note: Ahead of the November 8 General Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing sent out questionnaires to all of the declared candidates in the contested races in Tama County. On October 14, we printed responses from candidates for the Iowa House of Representatives. Last week we focused on ...

Tama Co. Public Health & Home Care celebrates 55 years of service

The Tama County Health Service (TCHS) originated on November l8, l966 as a pilot home health-training program with a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity. In February of l967 TCHS received word from the Social Security Administration office in Kansas City that they had met the ...

Zoning Committee addresses wind turbine setbacks

On Monday, Oct. 10, the Tama County Zoning Committee met for the second time to discuss the county's Wind Energy Conversion System (WECS) ordinance. Unfortunately, with only two members present, Doug Dvorak and Wade Mitchell, the number needed to complete the quorum was unmet, and the Committee ...

North Tama eighth graders visit Irvine Prairie

Students from Jean Matzen’s North Tama Schools eighth grade science classes visited the Irvine Prairie located in rural Dysart on a blustery Friday afternoon earlier this month. Members of the University of Northern Iowa’s Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) – including Plant Materials Program ...