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Buseman honored for quarter century of service to Grundy County

GRUNDY CENTER – Grundy County Conservation Director Nick Buseman, third from left, was honored as part of the Monday, Aug. 3, Grundy County Board of Supervisors meeting for 25 years of service to the county. Also pictured from left, Supervisor Vic Vandehaar, Vice-Chair LJ Kopsa, Buseman, ...

Tama County Public Health & Home Care receives $1K Legion grant

TOLEDO – Tama County Public Health and Home Care is grateful to be a recipient of a $1,000 grant from the American Legion of Iowa Foundation. The grant will support the agency’s rural health bridge project, which provides education and in-home support services to maternal health families, ...

Approved and moved on

TOLEDO – Last week’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting took little time as they moved swiftly through the agenda. First up was the roads report; among other things, they are cutting brush, shouldering, mowing, and ditching. Termination letters were approved to be sent to the ...

Iowa Crop Progress and Weather Report: Week beginning July 27

IOWA – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. “July will be remembered for its warm temperatures and high dew ...

Weeds and flowers

TOLEDO – On the morning of Monday, July 20, people gathered for the weekly Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. Citizens discussed the prevalence of weeds and flowers and the beauty, annoyance, and containment of such plants during the public comment time. The meeting began with the ...

Reinbeck $4M fire station bond headed for Nov. 3 general election

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 ...

Celebrating kids who ‘do the right thing’

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 ...

A quick meeting

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 ...

Meskwaki Nation celebrates Proclamation Day

MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT — On July 13, 1857, the Meskwaki Nation, Iowa’s only resident tribe, purchased the first 80 acres of a Settlement that has grown to encompass over 8,000 acres in west central Tama County from Isaac Butler, and since 1992, the date has been commemorated as a Meskwaki ...

Eggleston honored for 5 years of service

GRUNDY CENTER – Edward Eggleston, left, was recently honored for five years of service to Grundy County. County Engineer Jeff Skalberg, right, presented Eggleston with his service award.