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Tama County Conservation to absorb deep cuts amid county’s budget woes

OTTER CREEK LAKE – Fallout from Tama County’s general fund shortfall has now cut deeper into the Conservation budget. During the Thursday, March 13, meeting of the Tama County Board of Conservation, director Curtis Behrens told board members that in addition to the $100,000 the Board of ...

Former GMG superintendent takes on new sharing agreement

CONRAD — Longtime BCLUW Superintendent Ben Petty, who previously served in a shared role with GMG from 2011 to 2021, will soon take on a new split position with another area “alphabet soup” school district — AGWSR — beginning July 1. At AGWSR, Petty will replace Erik Smith, who ...

Rep. Hinson assembles Tama County law enforcement roundtable

TOLEDO — U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) gathered law enforcement professionals from the Tama, Toledo, Dysart and Meskwaki Nation police departments as well as the Tama County Sheriff’s Office for what she described as “a working lunch” at Murph’s Creamery and Grill in Toledo over ...

Garwin Lions Club to host fish fries March 28, April 11

GARWIN — The Garwin Lions Club is once again hosting two fish fries during this Lenten season. Fish fries will be held on March 28 and April 11, from 5-7 p.m., at Yilek’s store in Garwin. The menu features fried fish, baked potato, macaroni salad, dinner roll, desserts, coffee and ...

Peace Church to honor Jeanne Paustian with retirement potluck March 30

GLADBROOK – The Peace Church congregation is recognizing Jeanne Paustian on her retirement on Sunday, March 30, during the 10:30 a.m. worship service followed by a potluck dinner. Jeanne would love to have her family and friends share this special service and dinner. Drinks, table service, ...

Tama County Legion, Auxiliary to hold joint meeting March 25

REINBECK – Tama County American Legion and Auxiliary will hold their joint meeting on Tuesday, March 25, beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the Reinbeck Post Home. Tama County Government Day Chairman, Trudi Scott, will be at the meeting to talk about the upcoming Government Day set for Wednesday, ...

News and notes from March 10 meeting of Tama County Board of Supervisors

TOLEDO – As the small faction of present locals chatted among themselves before last week's supervisors meeting held on Monday, March 10, others joined to watch the event via the public livestream for the first time. The meeting had a miniature agenda compared to previous weeks, which kept ...

Tama County utility-scale solar development wilts under CSR2 cap

TOLEDO – The development of utility-scale solar in Tama County appears to have wilted in the late winter sun. There was a notable lack of public attendance at the most recent meeting of the Tama County Zoning Commission on March 4, with only six audience seats occupied – a sixfold ...

Five GMG iJAG students advance to national competition in April

AMES – More than 400 high school students and nearly 60 employers from across Iowa participated in the annual State Career Development Conference (SCDC) held at Iowa State University on March 5, including five Green Mountain-Garwin (GMG) Iowa’s Jobs for America’s Graduates (iJAG) high ...

G-R’s Kennedy Brant selected to IPSWA all-state squad

DES MOINES — Kennedy Brant of Gladbrook-Reinbeck helped lead her team to the girls’ state basketball tournament this winter, and was rewarded for it appropriately. The Iowa Print Sports Writers Association recently named Brant to the Class 1A first team in a vote of statewide media and ...