TOLEDO – The winds of change are sweeping through Tama County government. It has been roughly three years since members of the local coalition Tama County Against Turbines (TCAT) first started asking the then three-member Tama County Board of Supervisors to enact a moratorium on commercial ...
OTTER CREEK – Tama County Conservation not only needs a new naturalist following last month’s termination of Raina Genaw, the department is now also on the hunt for a new board member. During the Wednesday, Jan. 8 regular meeting of the Tama County Board of Conservation held at Otter ...
TOLEDO – Just after Christmas last month, the American Legion buildings in both Garwin and Gladbrook were burglarized, according to the Tama County Sheriff’s Office. “[T]here were reports of burglaries at the Garwin and Gladbrook Legions back on [Dec. 27, 2024], Chief Deputy Joe Quandt ...
Avian influenza (bird flu) is impacting wild birds worldwide and causing outbreaks in U.S. poultry and dairy cows, with human cases mainly reported in dairy and poultry workers. Presumptive positives have been reported in Tama and Marshall counties. But says Rachel Ruden, wildlife veterinarian ...
TOLEDO – A cold breeze welcomed the first Monday of the new year, and as boots met the snow and slush under the bright morning glow, waves of citizens went to observe the first regular Tama County Supervisors meeting under the new five-member board, which includes newcomers Mark Doland, ...
DES MOINES — The American Red Cross Northern and Central Iowa is asking for nominations of local heroes for the statewide Heroes of the Heartland event to be held in March. The prestigious annual event recognizes a select group of Iowans who have saved a life, gone above and beyond for an ...
WATERLOO — The following are Hawkeye Community College fall semester graduates and their programs of study. Graduates are listed in alphabetical order by hometown. –Kole Wiebensohn, Gladbrook, Certificate-Precision Agriculture –Tara Beck, Grundy Center, Associate of Applied Science, ...
TOLEDO – Tama County returned to a form of government on Jan. 1, 2025, not experienced since 1934 – a five-member board of supervisors. More than 92 years ago, the county’s voters passed a ballot proposition to switch from five to three supervisors. Three new supervisors were ...
UNION GROVE STATE PARK – Fierce western winds certainly did not make it easy to start 2025 on the right foot with a ‘First Day Hike’ at one of Iowa’s more than 40 participating state parks and forests but several groups of hikers bravely took on the challenge last Wednesday at Union ...
GLADBROOK – In an update/clarification to a story first published on Dec. 27 about a possible oil leak on a Vienna Wind Farm turbine near Gladbrook, MidAmerican Energy says photographic evidence illustrates ‘lubricant residue’ – a condition the company plans to address later this ...