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Tama County News

Area students nominated for All-State Speech

Three area students have been nominated this year for Iowa High School Individual All-State Speech including North Tama senior Hannah Borah (Expository Address), and Union seniors Laura Rempe (Solo Musical) and Rebekah Dickerson (Acting). This is the first All-State Speech performer nomination ...

Kupka, Yuska stepping down from county offices

With a little more than seven months remaining until the November general election, two long-time elected officials in Tama County formally announced Monday they would be stepping down from their positions, both which are up for election this November. Since 2005, Deborah Kupka of Clutier has ...

U.S. 30 interchange construction to close Hwy 21 south of Elberon

Beginning at 7:00 a.m. on Monday, March 28, those who use and frequent Hwy 21 between the Elberon turn at E44 and U.S. 30 will need to find an alternate route to their destination for at least the next 18 months as construction begins on a new interchange project. The planned closure on Hwy ...

Clutier Legion Auxiliary holds sewing day

Hora-Machacek Legion Auxiliary #453 held a sewing day on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. The day started at 9:00 a.m. with the following members: Diane C, Linda D, Pauline S, Bev C, Mary S, Veronica P and Collette W. The two special attendees were Rosemary V. and Cyndy B. Cut plastic grocery bags were ...

Former Tama County Jail employee being investigated for sexual misconduct

A spokesperson with the Iowa Attorney General’s Office confirmed earlier this week that the state attorney general is reviewing a sexual misconduct investigation into the Tama County Jail. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) launched an investigation in late January into a ...

Iowa Severe Weather Awareness Week March 21-25

Iowa Severe Weather Awareness Week takes place this year March 21-25. A statewide tornado drill took place on Wednesday, March 23, at 10:00 a.m. as part of the week's activities. Preparedness is key, the National Weather Service-Des Moines office stressed in a posting about Severe Weather ...

Landfill building back better

As spring cleaning projects kick into gear in the coming weeks, area residents making a trip to the Tama County Landfill will be greeted with a new feature that looks to make the landfill more customer-friendly. Landfill staff, in coordination with the Tama County Landfill Commission, have ...

Tama County Legions, Auxiliaries to hold joint meeting

All Tama County American Legion posts and Legion Auxiliary units as well as the Reinbeck until will hold a joint meeting on Tuesday, March 22, at the Clutier post home beginning at 7:00 p.m. The combined group holds three meetings each year, this being the first. The second meeting will take ...

New wind energy project takes root in Tama County

More wind turbines are in the works for Tama County. If all goes to plan, those who live and own land in the rural spaces of Tama County’s northeastern quadrant from roughly Buckingham in the north to the outskirts of Elberon in the south can expect to get to know land agent Max Thompson as ...

Iowa Attorney General examines huge increase in fertilizer prices for farmers

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is focusing on unprecedented increases in fertilizer prices affecting farmers. Since January 2021, anhydrous ammonia has increased 315%. Urea has increased by 214%, liquid nitrogen by 290%, monoammonium phosphate (MAP) by 171%, and potash by 213%, according ...