The Tama County Pork Producers want to thank all our pie buyers at our annual banquet. Megan Gienger was named "Best Pie Maker" at the banquet held on January 14 at the Gladbrook Memorial Building. Megan's two-crust blueberry pie was purchased by State Bank of Toledo for $800. Tama County ...
Ben Neff, a 2014 BCLUW High School graduate who lives on his family’s farm near Beaman, stays plenty busy during the day working for the John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group in Urbandale, but in his free time, you might catch him prowling central Iowa with his camera and searching for the ...
Despite frigid temperatures and snowy road conditions last Saturday morning, the first annual John Kjormoe Ice Fishing Tournament held at Union Grove Lake near Gladbrook — previously known as the Pump Ice Tournament — still went off without a hitch and enjoyed a strong turnout. Some of ...
The Green Mountain Fire Department was called to the GMG Elementary School after an automatic fire alarm activation at around 11:20 p.m. last Wednesday night and discovered that the source was a pottery kiln. According to a social media post, firefighters noticed an “unusual odor” in ...
The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach North Central Area Awards Ceremony was held on January 12, 2023. The county offices in the north central area announced award recipients for outstanding achievements in 2022 including Jenny Hulme and Cheryl Bruene of Tama Co. Awards were ...
The Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa – better known as RAGBRAI – announced its 2023 route and overnight stops last Saturday, and Tama-Toledo will serve as an overnight stop on Thursday, July 27. The two adjacent communities with a combined population of around 5,000 are ...
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County will host a Seed Treatment Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators Wednesday, February 15, 2023. The program, provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP), is ...
Chances are if you’ve enjoyed a delectable piece of pie handed to you by a beaming gal through the window of a food truck in the Tama-Grundy area – or beyond! – over the last few years, you’ve met ‘The Pie Lady’ which means you’ve met Laura Bru of rural Gladbrook. “I started ...
On the weekend of April 29, 2023, the Tama-Toledo Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a memorial dedication in Toledo to honor the life of Leonard “King” Cole. Leonard Leslie Cole was born on April 15, 1886, to Hiram Henry and Cora A. Cole in Toledo. He attended Toledo public schools and, ...
Sun Courier note: In an update to this story, according to Chief Deputy Joe Quandt with the Tama Co. Sheriff's Office, Tama County Dispatch has since been able to identify the caller using previous call history and confirm that he is OK. On the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 10, Tama County ...