After a hiatus in 2021 the car show will return to the Corn Carnival festivities this summer. The show will be one of many festivities planned for the 100th Anniversary of the Gladbrook Corn Carnival. The car show is set for June 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Johnson Street in Gladbrook. All ...
Iowa Severe Weather Awareness Week takes place this year March 21-25. A statewide tornado drill took place on Wednesday, March 23, at 10:00 a.m. as part of the week's activities. Preparedness is key, the National Weather Service-Des Moines office stressed in a posting about Severe Weather ...
As spring cleaning projects kick into gear in the coming weeks, area residents making a trip to the Tama County Landfill will be greeted with a new feature that looks to make the landfill more customer-friendly. Landfill staff, in coordination with the Tama County Landfill Commission, have ...
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is focusing on unprecedented increases in fertilizer prices affecting farmers. Since January 2021, anhydrous ammonia has increased 315%. Urea has increased by 214%, liquid nitrogen by 290%, monoammonium phosphate (MAP) by 171%, and potash by 213%, according ...
A category EF-2 tornado reached the ground in southern Tama County during the evening of March 5. The tornado is believed to have touched down shortly after 6:40 p.m. Saturday in Columbia Township south of Tama. No injuries were reported however two homes in the area sustained significant ...
A new naturalist intern position, an update on the construction at Otter Creek, and conditions at Columbia Wildlife Refuge were a few of the topics addressed at the most recent meeting of the Tama County Conservation Board on March 3. Board members present at the regular March meeting which ...
Sheryl Jesina of rural Toledo was named “Best Pie Maker” at the annual Tama County Pork Producers banquet held January 15 at the Traer Memorial Building. Jesina’s apple pie was purchased by Farm Credit Services of America for $600. The other winning division pies and their buyers were: ...
After a year of heightened interest around outdoor activities like hunting and fishing due to the conditions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, hunting statistics across multiple categories and seasons are showing slight declines in participation. Through the month of February, the Iowa ...
A change is coming later this year that will remove park rangers and managers from their state-owned houses at 23 state parks throughout the state of Iowa, including Union Grove State Park in western Tama County. In a story first reported by The Gazette in early February, it was revealed that ...
A bench warrant is just the latest development in the years-long legal wranglings between the City of Gladbrook and a downtown commercial property owner as the city works to abate three nuisance properties. According to a petition for abatement filed by the City of Gladbrook against property ...