WEST DES MOINES — This summer, the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation and Iowa Select Farms will distribute more than 39,000 pounds of ground pork as a part of the Haul Out Hunger program. A record 130 food pantries in 97 communities throughout Iowa will receive the pork to fight food insecurity ...
Members of the Hometown Action Team (HAT), local leaders, and community supporters gathered in Tama Park last week to celebrate a milestone five years in the making: the successful completion of the fundraising campaign for the Safe Routes to School project. In just over 100 days, the ...
AMES – Lauren Keller of rural Gladbrook was awarded the 4-H Art & Design 4-H Scholarship through the Iowa 4-H Foundation at the recognition ceremony held Sunday, June 29 in Ames. As a part of the ceremony, 115 Iowa 4-H scholarships valued at over $121,850 were awarded. Over 450 ...
TOLEDO – Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) is pleased to announce Abe Dieleman of rural Toledo and Ryan Hosek of rural Traer have been selected to each receive a $1,000 local college scholarship through the SWCD’s outreach programming. Dieleman is a Green ...
TOLEDO – The application window is open until Aug. 15 for this year’s fall Master Gardener training cohort, offered in Tama County. Iowans wishing to become a Master Gardener volunteer register with a local county extension office, complete the online Garden Academy Moodle course, and ...
With a full board room and an empty section of the board table, this week's STC school board meeting was different. Both Joe Hanus and Megan Thiessen were absent from the meeting, and Beth Wiese entered late to the meeting, raising the question of having a quorum present. Amber Robson, who ...
TRAER – A North Tama teacher who was previously placed on administrative leave after being charged with child endangerment has now resigned. “I am writing to inform you I am resigning from my teaching, JH Stuco [Junior High Student Council], and HOCO [Homecoming] contracts for the ...
TOLEDO — The application window is open until Aug. 15 for this year’s fall Master Gardener training cohort, offered in Tama County. Iowans wishing to become a Master Gardener volunteer register with a local county extension office, complete the online Garden Academy Moodle course and ...
The sidewalks are still to come, but the finish line for fundraising has been crossed. The community-driven Safe Routes to School project has exceeded its financial goal by more than $20,000. With $237,580 raised to support new infrastructure connecting the community and high traffic areas to ...
Jared Smith, who served as superintendent of South Tama County Community School District from 2018 to 2022, before taking a job as Superintendent of the Waterloo Community School District is now under formal investigation by the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners in connection with his current ...