OTTER CREEK LAKE & PARK – Iowa State graduate and former Jones County Conservation natural resource manager Curtis Behrens has been hired as the new director of Tama County Conservation. The announcement was made during the November meeting of the Tama County Board of Conservation which ...
OTTER CREEK LAKE & PARK – Tama County Conservation is in search of muskrat trappers at Otter Creek Lake & Park to remove nuisance animals. Availability is limited and interested parties must receive special permission prior to trapping. Contact Park Officer Riley Conrad at ...
TOLEDO – Birds were once again the topic at last week's Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. Raina Genaw, the naturalist for Tama County Conservation, attended the meeting to speak about the Bird Friendly Community resolution. Genaw informed those in attendance that the resolution ...
TOLEDO – Gardening doesn’t have to stop with the arrival of fall. Learn to decorate the pot in your front yard that had summer annuals in it, using evergreen, twigs, pine cones, and other organic materials you already have in your own landscape. This hands-on workshop led by members of ...
After a long Tuesday in which the spirit of democracy swept through Iowa’s counties like an eagle floating on the fall breeze, the night ended at the county auditors’ offices. Precincts called in, votes were counted, and 'VOTE HERE' signs were put in a back room. The unofficial 2023 ...
TRAER - America's strongest drink will be mixed up on Saturday, November 11, in Traer. Frontlines United Inc., a local nonprofit that was started just last February, is the force behind the event entitled The Punch Bowl. The Punch Bowl ceremony was suggested by a local friend of Frontlines ...
MONTOUR — For as long as anyone could remember, the late Glen Rubenbauer always dreamed of opening up a steakhouse. “Rube,” as he was affectionately known, and his namesake restaurant still live on in Montour a half century after it launched, and, as evidenced by the myriad press ...
The Northwest Tama County Churches serving the Garwin, Gladbrook, Green Mountain, and Lincoln communities are again hosting the Christmas Family Project Boxes and Gifts. If a family is in need of a food box and/or gifts for your children this Christmas season, please request an application. ...
The Gladbrook-Reinbeck FFA and the Gladbrook Reinbeck High School Food Pantry are excited to partner with the Grundy County Pork Producers to bring “The Bounty of Iowa” to local families for the Thanksgiving holiday. Together, the organizations will purchase and package Thanksgiving ...
CEDAR FALLS – A historic gift to the University of Northern Iowa will mark a new chapter in the university’s renowned business college. David Wilson, a 1966 graduate of North Tama High School and 1970 graduate of UNI who now lives in the state of Nevada, has pledged a $25 million ...