TOLEDO – During the Monday, Sept. 15 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting, the supervisors approved a small list of relatively routine items prior to the marathon discussion and eventual split vote on Salt Creek Wind Phase II. The board voted unanimously to reduce the speed limit to 35 ...
October will be an interesting month in the sky. Unmistakable Saturn will rule the southern skies with a steady, pale-yellow light. Not only will it be a joy to observe, but its predictable motion, like the other orbiting planets and the Moon, can be used to find other stars and constellations. ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society is excited to announce the successful completion of the next phase of its ongoing newspaper preservation and digitization project, making historic newspapers from the earliest days of Tama County to 1960 freely available online for the public to ...
GLADBROOK – The next Gladbrook Auxiliary meeting will be on Monday, Oct. 14, at 1:30 p.m. at the Memorial Building. GMG Superintendent Chris Petersen will be the speaker since October is Education month. You may pick up the Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes to fill. Hostesses are Jane ...
TOLEDO - Commercial wind energy development in Tama County has hit another wall. This past Monday, Sept. 15, the Tama County Board of Supervisors was expected to take action on several agenda items related to the Salt Creek Wind Phase II project including the following: -Approve ...
TOLEDO – This past Monday, the future of Salt Creek Wind Phase II – the second and final phase of the roughly $418 million Salt Creek Wind Project in Tama County – was set to be decided by the Board of Supervisors as part of a settlement agreement with the project's owner. But while ...
REINBECK – If you’re looking for a good local time on Saturday, Sept. 27, look no further than the annual street party in front Reinbeck’s The Dig Inn – Becktoberfest is back and better than ever! Now in its 14th year after first debuting in 2011 with the opening of the ...
OTTER CREEK LAKE & PARK – With Otter Creek Lake at last full following the restoration project that completed in 2023, Tama County Conservation is more than ready to welcome the public to its family-oriented Fall Fest on Sunday, Oct. 5, from 1-5 p.m. “Our goal is to provide a fun, ...
GLADBROOK – On the afternoon of Sept. 10, employees at First Interstate Bank (FIB) engaged in a companywide Volunteer Day. The event is simply a way for FIB to concentrate and magnify the effort of its employees who give to the places where they live and work. The staff at the Gladbrook ...
GREEN MOUNTAIN – It's a bird…it’s a plane…no, it’s GMG’s Super Hero Reading Buddies! These students may just think they are doing ordinary things, but their dedication to leadership and promoting growth in our young readers is of “Super Hero” qualities! The fifth and sixth ...