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Tama County News

Hosek awarded Tama SWCD college scholarship

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 ...

Sen. Joni Ernst tours Tama County’s Otter Creek Marsh

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 ...

Catching up with House District 53 hopeful, Tommy Hexter

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, ...

‘Thank You for a Great Summer’ from Tama County 4-H

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 ...

Vokoun hired as Tama County’s new zoning administrator/weed commissioner

TOLEDO – The main bit of business that everyone seemed to be curious about at last Monday's Tama County Board of Supervisors’ meeting was the appointing of a zoning administrator and weed commissioner. Multiple people applied and were interviewed by the supervisors and other members of ...

Kaylynn Murty to show in 2024 Governor’s Charity Steer Show

DES MOINES – The Iowa State Fair is quickly approaching and plans for the annual Governor’s Charity Steer Show are in full swing. Iowa cattlemen support this great event that benefits the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Iowa. Kaylynn Murty of Tama has joined the Governor’s Charity ...

Becky Fevold selected for Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame

GLADBROOK – Gladbrook resident Becky Fevold is this year’s Tama County inductee for the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame. The Iowa 4-H Foundation sponsors the annual Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Iowa State Fair. Inductees into the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame represent the many people ...

The Stories of Our Lives

GLADBROOK – Each of us has unique life stories that are worth sharing. For those of us who were educated in the Gladbrook Community School, we share memories of people and places that hold special meaning. One of those places is the school’s old gym. While the Gladbrook School complex is ...

School planting progress continues at Tama-Toledo Christian School

TAMA – For anyone taking a stroll through the 600 block of Tama’s Oswego Street this summer, renovations on the old Catholic church by the nonprofit Tama-Toledo Christian School may appear to have stalled as of late but according to Rep. Dean Fisher, president of the school’s board of ...