REINBECK – After failing to put a public measure for a new fire station on the ballot in 2024 due to a clerical error and then standing down in 2025 to avoid ballot competition with the Gladbrook-Reinbeck school bond referendum, construction of a new Reinbeck Fire, Rescue, and Emergency ...
TAMA COUNTY – Tama County Sheriff Casey Schmidt is ready to go big — really big — for area students. “I want this to be a completely over-the-top, special, make-a-big-deal-about-this award ceremony. Hopefully leave an impact on the kids,” Sheriff Schmidt told the newspaper earlier ...
GLADBROOK – The 2026 Tama County Fair was held July 13-19 at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook featuring the 4-H/FFA theme “Ride the Tide of Tomorrow.” The weather all week was hot and humid with temperatures in the low-90s and high dew points. The fair officially kicked off Tuesday evening, ...
AREA – Farmers from across the country are urging the federal government to expedite an investigation of the fertilizer industry as they struggle with “impossibly high input costs.” A letter from grower associations follows a slew of recent federal actions taken to address the expense ...
MADRID – Nick Helland and his father have embraced a slew of conservation practices – bioreactors, saturated buffers, cover crops and a nutrient reducing wetland — on their farm in the Greater Des Moines Watershed. Helland said he feels there has been a “shift in the culture” among ...
TOLEDO – Last week’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting – rescheduled from Monday, July 13, to Tuesday, July 14, due to Meskwaki Proclamation Day – was quick and to the point. The meeting kicked off with the roads report – they are mowing, fixing washouts, ditching, and ...
WATERLOO – Hawkeye Community College is holding a series of Instant Enrollment Days for anyone interested in beginning college classes this fall. The first one is Tuesday, July 28, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Hawkeye Center on Hawkeye’s Main Campus, 1501 E. Orange Rd, Waterloo, Iowa. During ...
GLADBROOK – After winning princess honors at last year’s county fair, Belle Werner of Toledo was crowned the 2026 Tama County Fair Queen Tuesday evening, July 14, at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook. Werner was vying for the honor alongside fellow candidates Kenzie Bartel of rural ...
REINBECK – Jovie Brown loves to read and recently joined her big brother Josiah in achieving the prestigious 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Challenge at the Reinbeck Public Library. Jovie’s deep love of reading leads her to read just about ANYWHERE, including sitting in her doll ...
TRAER – Kevin Wood, a North Tama Class of 1974 alumnus, will present a concert at the Traer Public Library’s Kupka Cultural Center on Thursday, Aug. 6, beginning at 5 p.m. Joining him at the piano will be Mark Forbis, a 1978 graduate of Reinbeck High School. Wood continues his lifelong ...