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Tama County News

Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo, Matchstick Marvels is ready for you!

GLADBROOK – Those in search of some local entertainment can leave their fairy godmother on read and head on over to Gladbrook’s Matchstick Marvels Tourist Center – now open for the season! – to check out the newest work-in-progress, Cinderella’s enchanted castle. As is tradition, ...

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

TOLEDO – Please join SKIP (Supporting Kids in Prevention), Tama County Public Health & Home Care, and ISU Extension and Outreach to promote Child Abuse Prevention Month this April. The theme this year is “Powered by Hope, Strengthened by Prevention." As part of the annual ...

Tama County taxpayers speak out on rates, assessments during public hearings

TOLEDO – The Tama County Board of Supervisors held two public hearings recently to hear from citizens about proposed property tax levies. The first hearing was held at the Toledo Reinig Center on the evening of March 25, while the second took place on Monday, March 31, before the regular ...

Tri-County Community Band returns for 2025 Performance

TOLEDO – The Tri-County Community Band will begin rehearsals once again for its annual performance at the Lincoln Highway Bridge Festival set for Friday, May 16, at the Tama Civic Center. If you have a musical background, you are encouraged to attend rehearsals on Monday evenings beginning ...

Iowa Farm Bureau county leaders meet with lawmakers In Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON D.C. – More than 30 Iowa Farm Bureau members representing 21 counties, including Tama, met with Iowa’s congressional delegation recently in Washington, D.C. to discuss policy issues important to Iowa agriculture and their family farms. Among the attendees was Christy Flamme of ...

Iowa’s spring turkey season is here

IOWA – A mild winter followed by timely spring rains has Iowa forests and woodlots leafing out ahead of spring turkey season, possibly tipping the playing field in favor of the gobblers, after a record harvest of more than 16,000 birds in 2024. The first of Iowa’s four regular spring ...

Tama County Public Health & Home Care Services to remain fully operational

TOLEDO – The Tama County Board of Supervisors and Tama County Public Health & Home Care are pleased to announce that, despite necessary budget adjustments, they will continue to provide services as they have been to All Tama County residents. All public health and home health services ...