OTTER CREEK LAKE – Fallout from Tama County’s general fund shortfall has now cut deeper into the Conservation budget. During the Thursday, March 13, meeting of the Tama County Board of Conservation, director Curtis Behrens told board members that in addition to the $100,000 the Board of ...
When you entered the Public Health building for the joint Board of Supervisors, Board of Health work session on Monday, the first thing you noticed was the hearts festooned around the office. Large pink hearts with numbers written in the center were taped on the walls, each heart representing a ...
This week's Tama City Council meeting started with the dogs. A public hearing was held for the dog park ordinance, an act that solidifies the rules of the newly established Tama Dog Park. After approving the ordinance, the council went on to waive the second and third readings. Second up was ...
Monday's annual meeting of the county departkent heads was more of a public display of colloquy as much was discussed, but little was acted upon. The first item on the agenda and the only item approved was the courthouse lawn’s use by the Presbyterian Church for an Easter Egg Hunt on April ...
TOLEDO – The development of utility-scale solar in Tama County appears to have wilted in the late winter sun. There was a notable lack of public attendance at the most recent meeting of the Tama County Zoning Commission on March 4, with only six audience seats occupied – a sixfold ...
Another officer was sworn in at this week's Toledo City Council meeting. Anthony Rodriguez, who worked for the Toledo Police Department for some time a couple of years back, has been hired back on part-time. Rodriguez’s starting wage will be $27 an hour. The other agenda item was the ...
As the small faction of present locals chatted among themselves before this week's supervisor's meeting, others joined to watch the event via the public livestream for the first time. This week's meeting had a miniature agenda compared to previous weeks, which kept things short and sweet. Also, ...
TRAER – Tama County Women, Land & Legacy (WLL) announces its 52nd event: “Into the Wild: Safe Mushroom Foraging.” The event will be held on Wednesday, March 26, at Traer Public Library’s Kupka Cultural Center, 531 Second Street. Registration and dessert will begin at 6:30 p.m. with ...
IOWA – The Iowa DNR is actively searching for top-notch volunteers who love to camp and enjoy meeting people to serve as campground hosts for the 2025 camping season at several state parks and forests. Campground hosts serve as welcoming guides to the park by checking in campers, answering ...
TAMA — Congratulations to Josey Wacha of rural Tama. Wacha is this year's recipient of Tama Soil & Water Conservation District's $1,000 High School Scholarship and is the daughter of Bryan and Angela Wacha. She is finishing her senior year at South Tama County High School before heading ...