TAMA - Boom, boom, boom went the speakers as the music blasted down Third Street in Tama; people drank, ate, grooved, and shook every once in a while as a train went by; this was Railroad Fest 2024. This is only the second year that The Tama Pump has put on the Railroad Fest, which is ...
GLADBROOK – The Tama County Livestock and Fair Association hosted the 2024 Tama County Fair at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook beginning Monday, July 15, through Sunday, July 21. It was another stellar fair week for both 4-Hers and FFA members alike marred by perhaps only the Monday evening ...
Airplane rides, fishing tours, state parks, and even a trip to see Caitlin Clark play basketball, all are dreams come true at Birkwood Village. Once a month, Executive Director Kaleigh Sieck draws a tenant to grant a wish, this month it was the lovely Betty Sheffert. Betty had dreams of ...
TAMA – For anyone taking a stroll through the 600 block of Tama’s Oswego Street this summer, renovations on the old Catholic church by the nonprofit Tama-Toledo Christian School may appear to have stalled as of late but according to Rep. Dean Fisher, president of the school’s board of ...
TOLEDO - A masked man wielding a machete may seem like something out of a horror movie, but it was a reality in Toledo this week. The Toledo Police Department released screenshots from a Ring Home Doorbell video on Monday that showed a masked figure brandishing a machete on a local resident's ...
After nearly a month since the last meeting, the STC School Board met for the first time in the 2024-2025 school year. With the month since the last session, the board had many items on the agenda and an abundance of discussion to be had. All of the action caused the meeting to stretch to an ...
The Wieting Theatre Guild and the Footliters Traveling Playhouse was excited to present to our community a musical by children age seven and older. Students have learned theatre skills in camp and are eager to perform for their families, friends and neighbors. “The School for Spies”, an ...
ELBERON - The Elberon American Legion Auxiliary Unit 226 met July 11 with the meeting opening in usual form. Secretary Norma Riha called the roll of officers and read the minutes of the June meeting. Treasurer Pat Sauer gave the financial report. Both reports were approved as read. Old ...
ELBERON — The Elberon Area Women's Club met at 11 a.m. on July 15. The group drove around Elberon looking at the yards of residents to pick a winner of the "prettiest yard" contest. They voted to choose the yard of Scott and Heidi Pippert. A check for two meals at a Elberon Fire and Rescue ...
On Monday's warm, bright morning many gathered in the Supervisor's room for the weekly meeting. The Tama County Engineer started off with his report saying that Union Pacific will close the V18 Chelsea crossing to do some work, and a detour will be in place. Iowa Bridge and Culvert should ...