Grant applications can now be submitted to the Tama County Community Foundation for the 2024 grant cycle, with a submission deadline at 5 p.m. on Jan. 15, 2024. Grants are awarded to projects within the program areas of arts and culture, community betterment, education and youth development, ...
The Tama County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa, is also seeking new volunteers to serve on its impact committee beginning in April 2024. The impact committee position description and volunteer interest form can be found at ...
CLIVE – Six teams of Iowa youth won scholarships while participating in the Senior Division of the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) Youth Swine Judging Contest. The event, which invites students from across the state, took place at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines the week of ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean's List for the summer 2023 semester. These students have achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after completing 12 or more credit hours at the college. Kirkwood students from the area earning this distinction are ...
TOLEDO – Last Monday's (Nov. 13) meeting of the Tama Co. Board of Supervisors started like always with the county engineer's report. They are still working to remove a snow trap on 250th Street and were waiting for the paint stripers to do their job before opening Toledo's Deer Creek Bridge. ...
OTTER CREEK – Older, Wiser, Livelier Souls (OWLS) programs have resumed at Otter Creek Lake and Park. Join us this winter for more engaging presentations on nature, history, and more. OWLS programs are held at 11 a.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at the Tama County Nature Center (2283 ...
GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook American Legion Auxiliary hosted a Community Veterans Day Program at Westbrook Acres this past Monday, Nov. 13. The ALA Americanism Chairman Lisa Reinhard started the service with a quote from Jonn F. Kennedy. “As we express our gratitude, you must never ...
TOLEDO – Last week's meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors started with idle chit-chat and ended with a lively spat. The meeting, as usual, included the Engineer's report, which stated that they are currently working on removing a snow trap on 250th Street. The Toledo Deer Creek ...
The dry growing conditions of 2022 and 2023 have left some cattlemen with a short supply of hay and poor pastures that resulted in stored hay being fed during the summer. Tight hay supplies will likely lead to higher prices later in the winter-feeding period. Other feeds like corn silage and ...
The TF Clydesdales – a five generation family operation owned by the Steve and Becky Fevold, Jake and Katie Bauer family from Gladbrook – had a very exceptional show season in 2023. The horses reside on the family’s six-generation farm where they have around 20 head of black ...