CLUTIER – A couple of youngsters recently won big as part of Clutier’s 125th anniversary celebration which took place the first weekend in August to coincide with the community’s annual Bohemian Plum Festival Concert and Fun Day festivities. Lili Bagenstos of LeClaire (first photo) ...
TRAER – The Traer City Council recently approved the distribution of $120,000 in local option tax funding to 11 different organizations/entities for fiscal year 2026. Since July 1, 2003, Traer has benefitted from a 1% local option sales and services tax (LOSST) on sales and services already ...
Telegraph Note: This story will publish in the Friday, Sept. 5 print edition. TRAER – Reports of illegal entry last month in the town of Traer are still under investigation. Back on Aug. 23, the Tama County Sheriff’s Office issued a ‘Public Safety Alert’ on Facebook, announcing, ...
MARSHALLTOWN - If you drive on Iowa 8 between Traer and Dysart you need to be aware of the upcoming closure of Iowa 8 that may slow down your trip, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Marshalltown construction office. Beginning at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 9, through Friday, ...
TOLEDO – Following her first-degree murder conviction last month, Karina Sue Cooper’s sentencing hearing has been pushed back. Karina Cooper, now 48, was arrested and charged on Feb. 19, 2024, with first-degree murder in connection with her husband Ryan Cooper’s death following a more ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Carol Whitmore of Des Moines and formerly of Traer was elected on Wednesday, Aug. 13 as the new national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), a congressionally chartered veterans service organization comprised of approximately one million eligible combat ...
TRAER – Nine North Tama/Traer classes celebrated milestone reunions Aug. 7-10 as part of the 2025 Winding Stairs Festival. The Telegraph plans to print class photos from all nine graduation years as space allows. The first three classes (1950, 1965, 1975) printed in last week’s edition, ...
DES MOINES - Clutier Cowboys and Cowgirls 4-H Club member Ava Monat (pictured) competed with her crossbred steer Teddy in the Beef of Merit Show on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines as the only participant from Tama County. Monat, who graduated from North Tama this past ...
DES MOINES - TF Clydesdales, a fifth-generation family operation located in rural Gladbrook and owned by Becky and Steve Fevold along with their daughter and son-in-law Katie and Jake Bauer, competed in the Percheron, Clydesdale & Draft Pony Horse Show Aug. 14-17 at the Iowa State Fair, ...
TRAER — Traer racked up ‘glowing’ reviews for the 28th annual Winding Stairs Festival held Aug. 7-10. Even the weather got in on the glow-up, with storms pulling out Saturday afternoon just in time for the Grand Parade to wind its way through town. “Many thanks to the countless ...