TOLEDO – During the October meeting of the Tama County Board of Conservation, a new policy regarding the placement of memorial benches in county parks was approved in the wake of public comments made at previous board meetings. The board unanimously approved the new policy during the ...
TOLEDO – Not much was on the Tama County Board of Supervisors’ agenda on October 9. As usual, the Monday meeting started off with the Tama County Engineer giving his weekly report. The engineer said that the work on the Toledo Deer Creek Bridge is going as expected with the dirt crew ...
The Northwest Tama County Ministerial Association held the 2023 Crop Walk on October 8. Churches participating included: Gladbrook MC, Christ Lutheran Church, Peace Church, Garwin Valley Community Church, Salem of Lincoln and Chapel Church. Crop Walks are ecumenical, interfaith community ...
MARSHALLTOWN – The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team (MIYBT) held its monthly meeting on October 1, 2023, at the Marshall County Extension Office. The team was honored to host guest speakers, Iowa State University professors, Dr. Miranda Culbertson and Dr. Brad Skaar. Dr. Culbertson first shared ...
TOLEDO – Renowned local artist and Tama-Grundy Publishing cartoonist, columnist and correspondent Michael D. Davis has his work on display at the front of the Toledo Public Library for the entire month of October, and the exhibit is free and open to the public. Readers know Davis, an STC ...
TAMA COUNTY – An area of east-central Iowa located in and around Tama County that is suffering from exceptional drought — the worst dryness designation — more than doubled in size last week, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Dry conditions were mostly unchanged across the state ...
TRAER – Tama County high school student Johnathan Cochran spent part of last summer experiencing the trip of a lifetime alongside his maternal grandmother Nancy Boldt, a 1971 Gladbrook high school graduate. Cochran, a junior at North Tama, is a talented musician on both the saxophone and ...
TOLEDO – The meeting of the Tama County Supervisors held last Monday, October 2 was over and done with quick. The only item on the agenda was a final voucher for a paving project on E64. The agenda item was signed and approved swiftly. The Tama County Engineer went on to report that ...
The GMG Student Council is an organization that plans and fundraises activities for the student body, such as Homecoming. GMG has about 15 students on the Student Council. Officers include President Alice Hunt; Vice President Lilly Bru; Secretary Lexi Vazquez; Treasurers Anna Mussig and ...
As of Monday, about 16% of Iowa’s corn and 24% of its soybeans have been harvested so far this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For corn, that is about four days ahead of the five-year average. For soybeans, that is one day ahead of last year and even with the five-year ...