On February 25, the Tama County Cattlemen will be hosting their annual banquet at the Gladbrook Memorial Building.The evening will begin with social hour at 5:30, followed by a prime rib dinner at 6:30. The evening's entertainment will feature Mike Pearson, host of Iowa Public Television's ...
Ron Slechta, Kalona, was honored as a Master Editor-Publisher at the 2017 Iowa Newspaper?Association convention in Des Moines on Feb. 3.Slechta, and his wife Helen, recently sold The Kalona News, The Lone Tree Reporter and The Highland Review which they had published since 1992.Previously they ...
Marvin and Karen Hoskey, Cheslea, Independent Distributors for XANGO have placed donation boxes at various times since 2012 at the Trojan Inn, China A9, King Tower, The Butter Cow, Big T and Mike's Pizza in Toledo as well as at restaurants Marshalltown.They also have donation boxes placed in ...
AMES-The Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, Iowa's longest scenic or historic byway, recently completed its Corridor Management Plan (CMP).The CMP is a long-term plan for the entire byway, which stretches from Clinton to Council Bluffs. The plan identifies future opportunities to work with ...
To help spread the message of Soil and Water Stewardship Week, April 30 through May 7, Tama Soil & Water Conservation District will be holding its annual Grocery Sack Contest. 288 area students from five local school districts participated in this event last spring.The 2017 activity ...
DES MOINES - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey, Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Associate Dean Dr. John Lawrence and Iowa farmer Larry Buss of Logan announced on Monday the release of the Iowa Pest Resistance Management Plan. The full plan and additional ...
Reuse alternatives for the closed 227-acre Iowa Juvenile Home / State Training School for Girls campus in Toledo are to be presented at a meeting set for Monday night, Feb. 6 from 6-8 p.m. The meeting will be at the Reinig-Toledo Civic Center, 1007 Prospect Drive.A reuse plan is being ...
"We've been riding all winter" report Susan and Ryan Crain, the owners operators of "Barb" Wire Ranch, the equine therapy and traditional western horse facility located just east of Toledo at 2048 305th St.The Crains are in their first winter using their new arena which allows for activities in ...
Pinnacle Bank has announced the addition of Jon Papakee to its board of directors. Papakee is a lifelong Tama resident, and he has been employed by Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel as Assistant General Manager since 2014. In his 23 years of casino operations experience, he has held such positions as ...
The decline revealed by the 2016 ISU land value survey didn't come as a surprise for some - in November 2015, over 75 percent of 2015 ISU survey respondents thought land values in their territory would continue to decline in 2016. The majority predicted the decline would be either less than 5 ...