GARWIN – The GMG FFA Chapter provided a noon meal for patrons of the Mid-Iowa Coop east of Garwin on a recent Saturday. Under the direction of FFA instructor Mrs. Erin Murty, the students grilled beef burgers and packed lunch sacks for those hauling in grain to the Coop. Iowa Premium ...
The Northwest Tama County churches serving the Garwin, Gladbrook, Green Mountain, and Lincoln communities are again hosting the Christmas Family Project. If a family is in need of a food box and/or gifts for your children this Christmas season, please request an application for the Lincoln and ...
GARWIN – Words on Wellness (WOW) LIVE! Is a monthly program that promotes a healthy lifestyle. The group meets on the third Tuesday of each month at noon at the Garwin Public Library to discuss relevant topics and sample a healthy recipe. Discussion is led by Cheryl Bruene from Iowa State ...
DES MOINES – Green Mountain-Garwin FFA member and high school junior Rhianna Murty was selected to attend the prestigious World Food Prize Global Youth Institute this past week in Des Moines. According to the school district, she was chosen for the experience after submitting a research paper ...
Editor's note: After this story went to press, a burn ban went into effect for Tama County on Friday, Oct. 25, at 5 p.m. A severe absence of moisture this fall has been sparking a lot of work for area first responders. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, as of Thursday, Oct. 17, both ...
TOLEDO – It may be ‘October’ but news that Mark Doland, Republican nominee for Tama County Supervisor District 4, previously resigned from his position as a Mahaska County supervisor will be no ‘surprise’ to many. In a letter to the editor printing this week (page 4), Tama County ...
Ahead of the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing correspondent Michael Davis sent questionnaires to all the candidates running for the Tama County Board of Supervisors. This week we feature responses from Democrat Berleen Wobeter and Republican Mark Doland, both of Toledo, who ...
Mark Doland, 48, is the Republican nominee for Tama County Supervisor District 4. He lives in rural Toledo (seven miles northwest of the city limits) with his wife Gwendy (Thede) Doland; they have five daughters and three sons. He works as a probation officer. His educational background ...
Berleen Wobeter, 67, is the Democratic nominee for Tama County Supervisor District 4. She lives on a farm north of Toledo. She was raised on her family’s farm in northern Tama County; after marrying her husband Pete Wobeter, they moved to their current farm where they raised two children, ...
GARWIN – A Garwin woman is facing multiple charges after allegedly bringing a loaded weapon onto the grounds of the GMG Secondary School building. On Friday, Sept. 27, Ashley Nichole Marie Bazan, 33, of Garwin was arrested on a warrant by the Tama County Sheriff’s Department on a slew of ...