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Tama County News

DNR to terminate park manager housing at Union Grove

A change is coming later this year that will remove park rangers and managers from their state-owned houses at 23 state parks throughout the state of Iowa, including Union Grove State Park in western Tama County. In a story first reported by The Gazette in early February, it was revealed that ...

Court action taken against nuisance property owner

A bench warrant is just the latest development in the years-long legal wranglings between the City of Gladbrook and a downtown commercial property owner as the city works to abate three nuisance properties. According to a petition for abatement filed by the City of Gladbrook against property ...

Corn Carnival Board seeking help with special project

The 100th Corn Carnival will be here in about 4 months. Board members and event chairs are working hard to make things happen. We will be posting updates and information on the Corn Carnival Facebook page and Corn Carnival website as things continue to come together. Right now, the Corn ...

Hinson talks small business in Tama County

With the condition of the U.S. economy at the forefront of conversations from Wall Street down to the kitchen table this year, it came as no surprise that U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) would be focusing on business-related issues during a central Iowa swing through tour last week. On ...

New supervisor districts approved

New political boundaries for the three supervisor seats in Tama County have been drawn and approved for the next 10 years. The county-level redistricting process comes as a domino effect from the information drawn by the 2020 census and the state and federal redistricting maps approved by the ...

Gov. Reynolds visits Tama County child care center

The children of Little Knights Learning Center (LKLC) in Dysart ended their afternoon naptime a bit early last Thursday, Jan. 20 in preparation for an important visitor to their rural child care center – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds. Gov. Reynolds (R-Iowa) made the trek to Tama County from Des ...

Tama County Republicans set to hold midterm caucus

The Tama County Republican Party will hold caucuses on Monday, February 7, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. as follows: Clutier JnR Community Center 505 5th St., Clutier Precincts 7, 10, 12 (Carroll, Oneida, E. 1/2 of Richland, Salt Creek, York townships) Dysart City Community Building 418 Main St., ...

Tama County Democrats to hold midterm caucus

The Iowa Democratic Party will hold the 2022 midterm caucus on Monday, February 7, 2022, beginning at 7:00 p.m. All caucus participants must be in line or signed in by 7:00 pm. in order to participate. In Tama County the Democratic Caucus will be held in two locations: North Tama High School ...

COVID-19 winter spike hits record high case count

As the COVID-19 pandemic incomprehensibly nears the year three milestone, positive case counts related to the most recently discovered omicron variant have been surging through the state. In Tama County, the seven-day positivity rate has reached an all-time high of 33 percent according to data ...