It was a picture-perfect day for the annual 4-H Outdoor Adventure Camp held at Union Grove State Park near Gladbrook on Thursday, July 21. Close to 50 campers in grades third through eight from Gladbrook, Reinbeck, Tama, Marshalltown, and surrounding communities participated in a variety of ...
On Friday, July 22, U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) visited with members of the Tama County chapter of Women, Land & Legacy (WLL) on a farm near Traer. Hinson met with Tama County WLL founder Melody Bro and farmer-member Rebecca Dostal, who opened her farm alongside her husband Calvin. ...
It was another successful staging of the Tama County Fair this past week from July 11-17 at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook. The multitude of events and shows were well attended. The weather stayed hot and sunny most days with only a few wet mornings interspersed. All shows were held this year ...
The Gladbrook-Reinbeck school board took another step forward Tuesday night in the process to hold a bond referendum by successfully collecting more than enough petition signatures and subsequently adopting a resolution to order a special election for Tuesday, Sept. 13. The petition garnered ...
Is five better than three? It’s been almost 90 years since Tama County last had five county supervisors but if a group of citizens behind a petition currently in circulation in the county have their way, the question to move from three supervisors back to five will once again be put to the ...
Members of the Tama County Legion and Auxiliary met on Tuesday, June 28, at Gladbrook with a meal at 6:30 p.m. The Gladbrook Auxiliary provided meat and salad with others bringing a dessert to share. After the meal, the Legion held a flag disposal ceremony for flags that were not serviceable ...
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will hold a farmland leasing meeting for landowners and tenants on Wednesday, August 3, at 1:00 p.m. at the Tama County Extension office located at 203 W. High Street in Toledo. Meetings are two hours long and will cover a variety of subtopics ...
The Wall That Heals – a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial along with a mobile Education Center – is set to visit The Meskwaki Settlement School in Tama, August 4-7. The exhibit will be open 24 hours a day and is free to the public. The Wall That Heals honors ...
In the wake of last month’s swearing-in of new park officer Riley Conrad and the recent hiring of naturalist intern Coralee Bodeker, another new hire is now on the horizon for Tama County Conservation as naturalist Brendan Kelly recently announced his plans to resign. During the July 6 ...
Two exceptional candidates vied for the title of Tama County Fair Queen this year – Kaylea Duden of Garwin and Kaylynn Murty of rural Tama. During Tuesday evening’s Opening Ceremony of the Fair held at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook – following a speech detailing the perseverance and ...