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Tama County News

Rep. Wulf, Sec. Naig visit Iowa Premium

TAMA – Flanked by Rep. Derek Wulf (R-Hudson), Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, a fellow Republican, took a tour of the Iowa Premium Beef plant in Tama with General Manager Jon Surman last Friday morning and learned more about successes and challenges at the facility, which currently ...

Tama County to hire new zoning administrator, weed commissioner

TOLEDO – Tama County needs a new zoning and planning administrator. During the Tama County Board of Supervisors’ April 8 meeting, the board accepted Marshall County’s termination of the two counties’ shared zoning contract. Last fall the counties entered into a 28E agreement for ...

Free tree seedlings available May 4 in Gladbrook

TAMA COUNTY – Tama County Master Gardeners will be distributing free tree seedlings at the Tama County Extension and Outreach office at 203 W. High St. in Toledo on Saturday, May 4 beginning at 10 a.m. and going until 125 trees are distributed, or noon – whichever comes first. They will ...

Tama County Historical Society presents Honor Flights program May 8

TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present a program on Honor Flights on Wednesday, May 8, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church Street in Toledo. Elizabeth Ledvina took her first Honor Flight as an escort for her dear friend Robert Reinbecht, a World War II ...

Resolution to reduce board of supervisors from five to three stirs controversy

TOLEDO – Rows and rows of citizens sat eagerly awaiting the 15 minutes of public comment time to express their opinions on the agenda during last Monday’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting, with one even telecommuting to have his say. The agenda item that caused such a stir was a ...

Iowans observe total solar eclipse

A total solar eclipse was visible from the United States this past Monday, April 8. While Iowa was not in the path of totality which stretched from Texas to Maine in a narrow band, the state did experience somewhere between 70 to 85 percent of the eclipse depending on location. The peak time ...

Tama Benton Coop’s drive-thru Community Shred Day set for April 13

DYSART – Tama Benton Cooperative is sponsoring a Community Shred Day event on Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to noon (or until the truck is filled). This free, drive-through drop-off will take place at their Dysart Office located at 504 Estelle St. and is open to community members and ...

Children’s Theatre Camp returns this summer

TOLEDO – “The School for Spies” is coming to The Wieting Theatre in Toledo. This musical is designed for students of all levels of theater experience. Campers will audition, rehearse, and perform a musical alongside three professional teaching artists… in one week. “The School for ...

Late March showers lead to some improvement in drought conditions

IOWA – After the second driest February on record, above-normal rainfall in March helped improve some drought conditions across Iowa, according to the latest Water Summary Update. March’s preliminary precipitation was 2.50 inches, or 0.51 inches above normal. At the end of March, ...

Hill Valley meets its match

GLADBROOK, Iowa/HILL VALLEY, Calif. – Great Scott! Pat Acton has done it again! The “Matchstick Marvels” maven has wrapped up what by his count is his 79th creation. Unlike the other models on display at the museum in Gladbrook, including the U.S. Capitol and many military and space ...