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2024 Habitat Workshop to focus on chronic wasting disease and wetlands

MORRISON — Landowners and interested members of the public are invited for a one-day workshop on Wednesday, February 21, at the Grundy County Museum, 204 Fourth Street, Morrison. From 11 a.m. to noon, Justin Clark from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will present on Chronic Wasting ...

Chatting the meeting away

TOLEDO – Last Monday's Tama Co. Board of Supervisors meeting was nearly sidelined by good conversation. The supervisors and the public were chatting along so nicely that they didn't see the clock telling them to start the meeting. Snow was the subject reported on by the engineer, as they have ...

Iowa and the Big Snow(s)

The story last week was certainly the weather as two significant winter storms clobbered Iowa – the first blowing through Monday into Tuesday with a heavy, wet snow, and the second arriving Friday into Saturday with blizzard conditions and bitter cold. The snowstorms combined dumped ...

Tama Co. Supervisors talk snow

TOLEDO – Weather was the talk of the Tama Co. Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, Jan. 8. Predictions of sunny skies to mountains of fluffy cotton ball snow were thrown around. Using caution, the supervisors made the decision to close the county offices on Tuesday, Jan. 9. The engineer ...

Ike’s shooting range 2024 training class set for Jan. 30

​​The Izaak Walton Shooting Facility is a restricted use facility requiring training on rules and regulations prior to use. A class to review rules and regulations is scheduled at 6 p.m. on Jan. 30 with a snow date of Jan. 31. The class will be held at the Tama County nature center at Otter ...

Tama Co. precincting board’s new supervisor map

TOLEDO – The three local citizens that make up Tama County’s precincting board showed up at half past eight on Monday, Jan. 8 for a meeting to approve the final version of the new supervisor district maps which move the county from three supervisors to five. The appointed board members ...

Tama Co. grocer hosts Rep. Hinson for lunch hour special

TAMA COUNTY – U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) made her way to Tama County last week Thursday, stopping by Traer’s local grocery store, Hometown Foods, on an official visit for both a tour and some lunchtime specials. According to Hometown Foods owners Doug and Jill Eilderts – who ...

Conservation director presents FY25 budget draft

OTTER CREEK – From native seed and fire equipment to a new skid steer and trailer, Tama Co. Conservation Director Curtis Behrens presented his draft budget for the next fiscal year during the Jan. 3 monthly meeting held at Otter Creek Nature Center. Many of the “needs” Behrens listed for ...

The new reining chairman: Curt Hilmer

TOLEDO – The Jan. 2 meeting of the Tama Co. Board of Supervisors saw a shift in leadership. The first meeting of 2024, which will be the year of the dragon, started with the changing of the guard. Curt Hilmer was voted in as the new Chairman; his brief coronation occurred when former ...

Leave it to ‘de-beaver’

TOLEDO – Last week's Tama Co. Board of Supervisors meeting (held on Tuesday due to the Christmas holiday) was short and easy, with only one moment that truly enthralled during County Engineer Ben Daleske's update to the Supervisors. Daleske was talking bridges when he was informed that a ...