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Egg farmers, Fareway back Iowa Food Bank

Iowa Egg Farmers, in partnership with Fareway Stores, Inc., are conducting a buy two, give one promotion. From Monday, Dec. 18 through Saturday, Dec. 23, when a customer buys two dozen eggs at any Iowa Fareway location, a dozen eggs will automatically be donated to the Food Bank of Iowa. The ...

The State Bank of Toledo provides tablecloths

A new addition to the features available at the Reinig-Toledo Civic Center are white tablecloths of modern fabric material.The 40 tablecloths have been donated for use by The State Bank of Toledo which used them only once at their 90th anniversary dinner at the Civic Center in October.Pat ...

Backs Adopt A Family

The Dollar General Store in Toledo gave a big boost to the annual STC Adopt-A-Family Program donating gifts and monetary donation. They also have a box available for gift donations. Representing Dollar General (l to r) are Manager Shayne Turner, Assistant Manager Linda Kinnaman and employee ...

Busy time seen for Tama County highways in 2018

Look for a pair of big road projects for Tama County highways next year. Not only is work to continue on the U.S. 30 Expressway extension east of Tama to the Benton County line at Iowa Highway 21, but U.S. Highway 63 from Toledo to Traer is set for a widening project.The Iowa Department of ...

Hill again heads Iowa Farm Bureau

Craig Hill of Ackworth was re-elected president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) for a two-year term at the organization's 99th Annual Meeting in Des Moines.Hill has served as IFBF president since 2011. His Farm Bureau leadership began with the Warren County Farm Bureau before being ...

Daweyn Albertsen completes Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Program

AMES Twenty-seven young Iowa cattle producers from around the state participated in the 2017 Young Cattlemen's Leadership Program (YCLP).The 2018 YCLP class has also been named, and will meet for the first time in January. Participants in 2018 include Daweyn Albertsen, rural, Toledo.The Iowa ...

Soil-Water meets Dec. 14

The next regular meeting of the Tama Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioners will be held on Thursday, Dec. 14, at 8 a.m. at the District Office, located at 102 Business Highway 30 W in Toledo.Agenda items include: approval of minutes from previous meetings, public participation, ...

Iowa Crop Report

DES MOINES - The final Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report of the 2017 growing season has been released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through November."Harvest season is now drawing to a close with 96 percent of corn now in ...

Deadline is close for Farm Service ballots

DES MOINES- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Iowa Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, Amanda De Jong, is reminding farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers that FSA county committee elections began Nov. 6, with the mailing of ballots. Eligible voters must return ...