TRAER – The Monday, Jan. 8 meeting of the Traer City Council may have broke records for how short it was – 17 minutes – as the council and mayor worked quickly to tick through the agenda as a powerful winter storm began to make its way into northern Tama County. As the first traces of ...
SIOUX CITY – Morningside University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Chris Spicer announced the 432 students named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year including Dylan Hosek of Traer who achieved a 4.0 GPA. The Dean’s List recognizes ...
TRAER – U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) made her way to Tama County last week Thursday, stopping by Traer’s local grocery store, Hometown Foods, on an official visit for both a tour and some lunchtime specials. According to Hometown Foods owners Doug and Jill Eilderts – who purchased ...
Telegraph note: This story – first published on Nov. 10 – is the North Tama Telegraph’s ‘Story of the Year’ for 2023. After voters in the North Tama school district failed to pass a bond referendum by just six votes during a special election held in March of 2023, the district chose ...
TRAER – The K-12 vocal music position at North Tama has finally been filled. The position – which was vacant following the late Terry Shay’s retirement last May after more than 30 years in the role – remained empty at the start of the 2023-24 school year due to a lack of suitable ...
The North Tama Telegraph's year in review through photographs. Hope you spot a favorite! Happy New Year!
TOLEDO – Last week's Tama Co. Board of Supervisors meeting (held on Tuesday due to the Christmas holiday) was short and easy, with only one moment that truly enthralled during County Engineer Ben Daleske's update to the Supervisors. Daleske was talking bridges when he was informed that a ...
Last week, Tama–Grundy Publishing printed two special pages of area schoolchildren’s letters to Santa. Unfortunately, the letters from Mrs. Sell’s first graders at North Tama Elementary were inadvertently omitted from the issue – a mistake the Telegraph regrets. We are printing the ...
TRAER – The Traer Historical Museum invites you to join us for our January Remember and Reminisce (R&R) gathering on Friday, January 5, beginning at 10 a.m. We'll share fun New Year's Eve stories from the past as well as new year's resolutions kept/not kept! The museum is located in ...
TRAER – Last Saturday, Dec. 16, members of both the American Legion Auxiliary Post 143 and American Legion Post 142 along with Sons of the American Legion member Kennan Seda assembled and delivered 103 ‘Good Cheer’ boxes to area Veterans, local families with sons and/or daughters ...