GRUNDY CENTER – The Iowa Beef Center and Iowa State University Extension are cooperating with the Iowa Beef Industry Council to help educate producers in the Beef Quality Assurance program. A training and certification session will be held Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, from 5:30-8 p.m. at the ...
TOLEDO — When he was grinding his way through the coursework at the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy all the way back in the early 1980s, Dennis Kucera can recall a testing module predicting that he probably wouldn’t have a long career in the field. As he prepares to finally retire four plus ...
CONRAD – A local film production outfit recently provided advanced screenings of their full-length holiday film in the areas that helped bring it to the silver screen. CLD Films, a group started by BCLUW graduates Cole Scafferi, Lucas Halverson and Dillon Jacobson, showed a nearly-finished ...
GARWIN – While he may not be Santa Claus, Garwin resident Aaron Gay sure played the part for many families in the Green Mountain-Garwin Community School District last week by wiping out thousands of dollars in school lunch debt. Through a community fundraising campaign he started on Facebook ...
GLADBROOK – A recent photo of what appears to be an “oil leak” on a Vienna Wind Farm turbine garnered a lot of reaction recently when posted to the Tama County Against Turbines public group page on Facebook, but according to MidAmerican Energy – the wind farm’s operator – heavy fog ...
TOLEDO – Tama County Public Health is pleased to introduce two new staff members, Tammy Schuett and Melanie Blocker. Tammy Schuett Tammy Schuett is Tama County Public Health & Home Care’s new LPN. She is taking on the department’s new Public Health Nursing position. Tammy has ...
TOLEDO – Tama County Supporting Kids in Prevention (SKIP) will be hosting an informational meeting on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, at the Wieting Theatre in Toledo beginning at 6 p.m. as part of the 2025 Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative which is scheduled for Jan. 13-17, 2025, this year in ...
DES MOINES – On Friday, Dec. 20, the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board approved awards for two companies, which will assist in the creation of 223 jobs and result in $20 million in new capital investment for the state. These projects are located in Rock Valley and West Des ...
TOLEDO – Two new members were appointed to the Tama County Board of Adjustment during the Dec. 16 supervisors meeting. As a fog lay lifeless in the sky like a raccoon on the side of the highway, the usual group of local government spectators cut through the wet, dreary morning to attend the ...
January will be a special month with several interesting events. Brilliant Venus will be unmistakable at its highest point in the sky and setting after it is fully dark. Although Venus will be moving eastward in its orbit, from our perspective it will appear to be almost motionless while the ...