DES MOINES – Six Iowa farm families will be recognized as recipients of the 2025 Way We Live Award at the Iowa State Fair including the family of the late Kenneth Hatch who farm west of Gladbrook. Nominations for the annual award include descriptions of how living on the farm and choosing ...
TOLEDO – There are very few folks involved in Tama County 4-H/FFA and agriculture in general who don’t know Frank Albertsen of rural Toledo. But now, the greater population of Iowa will have the opportunity to learn all about him, too, as the county’s 2025 Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame ...
GLADBROOK – The first annual Bacon Buddies Show at the Tama County Fair was held on Friday, July 18, at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook following the 4-H Swine Show with half a dozen buddies participanting. Bacon Buddies, now in its sixth year at the Iowa State Fair, “gives individuals ...
GRUNDY CENTER — The All-American Grundy County Fair welcomed Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig as a special guest for the first night of festivities on Monday, July 21, as he helped members of the Grundy County Farm Bureau prepare a free hamburger meal at the 1851 Pavilion and presented ...
GLADBROOK - The 2025 Tama County Fair was held July 14-20 at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook. Despite multiple rainy days, the weather was relatively accommodating for July in Iowa. The 2025 fair's 4-H/FFA theme was 'Lasso Your Legacy.' Most of the stalls in the livestock barns were full which ...
GLADBROOK – Thanks to the efforts of some quick-thinking volunteers including two from Gladbrook Fire & Rescue, a Faircloth Farms Angus steer calf named S’mores is enjoying a new lease on life after ending up badly bloated on Friday, July 18, at the Tama County Fair. “Friday was a ...
GRUNDY CENTER – The All-American Grundy County Fair kicked off on Monday, July 21, with a free burger feed featuring an appearance by Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and the crowning of royalty before the Family Fun night events. Daniel Hommel, a senior-to-be at Grundy Center High ...
TOLEDO – A short and somewhat perplexing special meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors took place on Wednesday, July 9, during which the board unanimously approved a motion to continue pursuing legal avenues against NextEra Energy Resources’ Salt Creek Wind project despite the ...
GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook Women’s Club recently donated a microwave and dish drainer for use at the Tama County Fair food stand this past week. Accepting the donation is Christy Flamme, third from right.
TRAER – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is conducting 11 in-person farmland lease meetings in Central Iowa in early August. Meeting sites include Altoona, Ames, Boone, Grinnell, Grundy Center, Indianola, Knoxville, Newton, Marshalltown, Oskaloosa, and Traer. Participants will ...