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Women’s Health Focus and Baby Fair Scholarships available

TAMA NEWS-HERALD - The annual Grinnell Regional Medical Center Baby Fair has merged with the annual Women’s Health Focus to create an evening full of activities for women of all ages. The Women’s Health Focus and Baby Fair will be Wednesday, Oct. 6. GRMC and event co-sponsor the Grinnell ...

Morehead inducted into Eagles Aux. Hall of Fame

TAMA NEWS-HERALD - The Tama-Toledo Eagles Auxiliary held its regular meeting on Monday, August 23 withMadam Vice President Carleen Corum presiding. There were 13 members present. Absentee Officers included Madain President Donna Lasser and Outside Guard Cheryl Kupka. Following the opening ...

Author Lounsberry next for Tama Co. museum program

TAMA NEWS-HERALD - The next meeting of the Tama County Historical & Genealogical Society will be 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, at the Museum in Toledo. The Society has received funding from Humanities Iowa, a private non-profit state affiliate of the Endowment for the Humanities to host a ...

New beginnings for two area rural Lutheran Churches

TAMA NEWS-HERALD - St. John Lutheran Church, rural Tama and Trinity Lutheran Church, rural Malcom, installed their new Pastor on Aug. 15, 2010. Pastor Karen Barkholtz was installed by Julie Higgs. Pastor Higgs is the assistant to Bishop Burk of the Southeast Iowa Synod of the Evangelical ...

Kids respond to summer reading challenge

TOLEDO CHRONICLE - The top ten readers at the Toledo Public Library were treated to a delicious pizza party with librarians Sheri McFate and Brenda Wanatee. Congratulations to the top reader, Caitlyn Adams with 1,528 pages and her sister Cassie following close behind with 1,355 pages. The top ...

Author Lounsberry next for Tama Co. museum program

TOLEDO CHRONICLE - The next meeting of the Tama County Historical & Genealogical Society will be 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, at the Museum in Toledo. The Society has received funding from Humanities Iowa, a private non-profit state affiliate of the Endowment for the Humanities to host a ...

Tama Library summer reading program comes to an end

TAMA NEWS-HERALD - Summer Reading is officially over and school will be starting soon. Our program was a great success with 139 children and young adults reading 76,020 minutes. Our total attendance was 793. Our grand prize winner of 6 Adventureland tickets was Jazmin Nunez. Guessing jar ...

Summer Blast Is Fun Time

A good time was had by all at the First Presbyterian Church Summer Blast in Toledo on Thursday, Aug. 5. Those attending were 1st row (I to r): Madie Graff, Tommy Tyynismaa, Braxten Rohrs, Logan Arp, Wesley Hamor. 2nd row (l to r): Campbell McCreary, Elizabeth Vesely, JoJo Tyynismaa, Garrett ...

State Boy Scout of the Year awarded to Campbell

TOLEDO CHRONICLE - A West Liberty Boy Scout was recently recognized by the American Legion of Iowa as the State Boy Scout of the Year. Aaron Campbell, 18, was presented the award at the American Legion State Convention in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, July 17. Campbell is the son of Tom and Jane ...

My Experience with The Antique Roadshow

TAMA NEWS-HERALD - Editor’s Note- The popular Public Television Antiques Roadshow was filming in Des Moines on Saturday, Aug. 7. this is Tama resident John Anderson’s first-person account of volunteering at the event. I attended the PBS Antiques Roadshow on Aug. 7, as a volunteer, at the ...