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Tama County News

‘I’m really about local politics’

Democratic candidate for Iowa Senate District 27 Sam Cox visited Tama County on August 27 to personally doorknock for her campaign in the communities of Tama and Toledo. “I’m the new kid on the block here. I realize there has to be new players all the time. I don’t have as much ...

Tama County 4-H says thank you for a great summer

Over 500 K-12th graders participated in summer 4-H programs in Tama County and we want to say thank you! A huge thank you to our partnerships with the Tama, Toledo, Traer, Dysart, Chelsea and Garwin libraries. Thank you to Tama County Conservation for their partnership with Critter Camp and ...

Tama County Historical Society to present “A History of Aprons” Sept. 7

The Tama County Historical Society will hold a program on the history of aprons on Wednesday, September 7, at 7:00 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre located at 100 S. Church Street in Toledo. Joann Neven has more than 200 aprons and will talk about their history. Those in attendance are encouraged ...

Tama Co. Conservation wraps up several projects, looks ahead

With several projects nearing completion and the lake restoration’s final phase finally on the horizon, Tama County Conservation discussed several possible future projects during the August 17 board meeting held at Otter Creek Lake & Park Nature Center. During the meeting, Director ...

Citizens of Tama County ask for more supervisors

Linda Mueller, a 44-year resident of Tama, presented the Tama County Board of Supervisors with a petition last Monday, Aug. 15 to increase the number of board member seats. The petition was started by a group of citizens wanting “better representation” in their county government. They hope ...

Prairie passion earns Irvine 2022 Iowa Conservation Woman of the Year

A commitment to creating wildlife habitat on her farm and sharing it with others led Cathy Irvine of Dysart to be named 2022 Iowa Conservation Woman of the Year at the Conservation Districts of Iowa Annual Conference today in Ames. Like many widowed farmwives, Irvine felt overwhelmed ...

Tomlinsons, Kubiks, Mitchells to be honored as Century Farms

Three separate Tama County farm families are set to be honored on Thursday, August 18, at the Iowa State Fair with Century Farm designations including Mark and Cindy Tomlinson and Dallas and Kaitlyn Tomlinson of Traer (est. 1911); Ray and Jo Ellen Kubik and family of Traer (est. 1908); and ...

Iowa State fair with a local flair

From swine to sheep to sewing – and seemingly everything in-between – 4-H and FFA members from across Tama County are well-represented this year at the Iowa State Fair. The North Tama Telegraph’s state fair photos are merely a small sampling of both the livestock entries and static ...