Every Monday is “another watchful Monday” ongoing in Tama County for three years. What is different? A new board of five supervisors who care about our county, our land, the citizens and God’s people. Already they are working to make us more financially accountable and transparent with ...
In addition to Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year’s Day, Iowans have another reason to celebrate during the last week of the year. On December 28, 1846, President James K. Polk signed a bill admitting Iowa into the Union. This year, Iowa will celebrate its 178th birthday. Let’s take a look ...
Tom Vilsack deserves a better exit interview than what he recently gave to Politico’s Jonathan Martin. Vilsack came across as irritated, which is familiar enough. The Democrats lost rural America. That’s a big part of the problem, and he is supposed to be Mr. Rural America. The former ...
Winter is finally here. And as I look around at the nooks and crannies where I feel a draft, I’ve been thinking about the thousands of Iowans struggling to keep warm. So many people could use assistance to make some needed repairs, insulate or find other ways to weatherize their homes. But ...
Rural small business owners and agricultural producers can decrease energy costs through energy efficiency measures and the installation of renewable energy systems such as solar, with the help of the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). Grants are now available for up to 50% of eligible ...
The Tama County Board of Supervisors are attempting to enter a contract with the Human Resource director, Tammy Wise. At their latest meeting, there was a vague item under HR. This brought several questions from the chairman, Mr. Hilmer, as he had not had time to review the contract and had ...
Like many pastors, I am “bivocational.” I work half time for a small-town church, preaching on Sundays and doing what I can to serve the community during the week, but I also have to hold down a separate full time job to insure my family and make ends meet. Until a couple months ago, I ...
As a new Board that will be installed into office January 1, 2025, we would request the current Board to refrain from appointing new members to the zoning board of adjustment to replace Todd Sebesta and Kurt Kelley and any further appointments. Todd resigned in mid-November 2024. Kurt ...
Iowa’s most popular deer hunting seasons are just around the corner, when roughly 100,000 hunters take to the timber for the long-awaited gun seasons. Iowa’s first gun season is Dec. 7-11. Second gun season is Dec. 14-22. Last year, hunters reported harvesting around 60,000 deer during ...
Wind turbine blades play a crucial part in clean energy generation, but their disposal poses a growing challenge. Luckily, innovative solutions provide new ways to keep them out of landfills. As the wind industry grows, there is an increasing need for replacement of older wind turbine blades ...