Despite an absence of snow until just recently in Iowa, it was still shaping up to be a snowy winter – a winter of snowy owls that is. A recent uptick in snowy owls has been observed over the last month leading the Iowa DNR to declare it an irruption year – since late November, there have ...
Wanting to know their new state after moving to Iowa in 2014, Dave and Karen Miglin and their two children went to the Field of Dreams movie site outside of Dyersville in northeast Iowa. Dave Miglin had moved from Atlanta ahead of the family the previous year for his job as media and digital ...
Tama County’s largest employer is on track to become much larger in the next five years. The Iowa Premium beef processing plant in Tama has received over $14 million in state and local tax incentives for construction of a new state-of-the-art processing facility that is expected to be open ...
As of Jan. 1, owners of all-terrain vehicles (ATV) and off-road utility vehicles (UTV) in Tama County will have a new framework to legally operate their vehicles on county roadways. Last week the Tama County Supervisors approved an ordinance that allows for the legal operation of ATVs and UTVs ...
The first derecho to ever occur in the month of December anywhere in the United States descended upon Iowa including Tama County last week on Wednesday, Dec. 15 – that’s the official word according to the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Des Moines. According to NWS, a derecho is a ...
After a one year hiatus in 2020, the annual Gladbrook-Reinbeck Booster Club Hall of Fame Dinner is returning next month to honor a group of community members that have contributed to the programs and environment at G-R as well as a number of past athletic teams with notable achievements. This ...
With the new year only a few days away, races for the recently formed state legislative districts are beginning to take shape. This week Sarah Smith announced her campaign for State House District 53 that includes Poweshiek County and a majority of Tama County including the cities of ...
Come and join a beautiful Christmas Eve church service in the country at 5 p.m. on December 24 at Amity Presybterian Church. The church is located two miles west of Dinsdale or four miles east of Lincoln on blacktop D-65, or south of Reinbeck. In case of questionable weather, contact ...
The weather was cold with just a little bit of snow on the ground as shoppers began to line up, ready to make out a list for their loved ones long before 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11. The annual Kids Shopping Day chaired by the Gladbrook American Legion Auxiliary Children and Youth Committee ...
In the coming weeks Tama County Supervisors will be considering a recommendation that would raise salaries of the county’s elected officials by the largest amount in 20 years. Dave Forbes and Nick Podhajsky, members of the Tama County Compensation Board, presented their annual ...