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Tama County News

Registration opens for 4-H youth summer programs – all are welcome!

TAMA COUNTY – Tama County 4-H is excited to offer the following summer programs to all youth of Tama County. Find the camps and registration forms on our website at https://www.extension.iastate.edu/tama/youth-programs. For more information, contact the Tama County Extension and Outreach ...

Gladbrook Community Calendar

Gladbrook Senior Dinner to take place May 3 The Gladbrook Senior Citizens Dinner is set for Friday, May 3, beginning at 11:30 a.m., at Peace Church. The Guild will be serving. Call Jeanne to make reservations 641-751-2039. Please note this is the first Friday of May. Auxiliary ...

‘May the forest be with you always’

The Tama Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is excited to celebrate the 83rd Annual Soil and Water Conservation Week April 28 – May 5, 2024! This year, the theme “May the Forest Be with You Always” takes center stage. This theme underscores the critical interplay between soil and ...

Area high school students attend 67th Tama County Government Day

TOLEDO – Last Wednesday, Tama County’s American Legion posts and Auxiliary units hosted the 67th Tama County Government Day, welcoming high school juniors and seniors from area school districts to Toledo as part of an annual effort to teach students the importance of local, county ...

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 ...