TAMA – As she reiterated near the end of her Women in Ag roundtable at the Tama Civic Center on Tuesday, Aug. 6, U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who grew up in the Des Moines area and now calls Marion home, isn’t a farmer and won’t ever pretend to be one. But the congresswoman, who ...
GLADBROOK– Joe Smith and his son Zack, 10, of Gladbrook travel the country competing in horseshoe pitching tournaments. They recently returned home from the world competition in Washington state where Joe placed 12th and Zack placed first in cadet class A and second in overall cadets. At the ...
TOLEDO – On a drizzly rainy Monday morning last week, the usual suspects started their week by gathering for the Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. After 15 minutes of absolute silence where no one had a public comment, the Tama County Engineer, Ben Daleske, kicked off the meeting ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present “Iowa’s Largest and Tallest Trees” on Wednesday, Sept. 11, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St, Toledo. Join big tree hunter Mark Rouw has been searching for the biggest trees in Iowa for nearly 50 ...
Sun Courier note: This story is being printed in the Sun Courier as a courtesy to our readers. It was first published in the North Tama Telegraph. DYSART – The Dysart Garden Club recently named Lynda Robison’s charming urban acreage on Estelle Street as the club’s ‘Blue Ribbon ...
TOLEDO – The usual bunch congregated for the supervisors meeting last week on a hot Monday morning. The Aug. 5 meeting kicked off with a bit of quiet time during a particularly slow public comment section. Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske had a proxy give the weekly report as he's ...
Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) is pleased to announce Dylan Hosek of rural Traer has been selected to receive a $1,000 local college scholarship through the SWCD’s outreach programming. Dylan is a North Tama graduate majoring in Applied Agricultural & Food Studies ...
CHELSEA — On a recent muggy Saturday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) made an appearance in Tama County as part of her River to River tour. Biologists, DNR employees, and Ducks Unlimited stakeholders toured the Otter Creek Marsh. Occupying 3,800 acres outside of Chelsea and accessible ...
GRINNELL – Raised a Catholic in central Virginia while living on an egg and vegetable farm has shaped House District 53 Democratic candidate Tommy Hexter into the person he is today. Raised much like an Iowan, Hexter did plenty of farm chores and attended parochial school as a youngster, ...
TAMA COUNTY – Over 600 K-12th graders participated in summer 4-H programs in Tama County this year and we want to say thank you! We say a huge thank you to our partnerships with the Tama, Toledo, Traer, Dysart, Chelsea, Clutier and Garwin public libraries. Thank you to Tama County ...