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Discover the opportunities of Tama County 4-H this fall

TAMA COUNTY – As a new school year begins, families across Tama County are invited to discover the many opportunities available through Tama County 4-H and join one of Iowa's largest youth development organizations. Many people know 4-H for livestock projects and county fairs, but today's ...

Tama County Women, Land & Legacy to host upcoming event in rural Chelsea

TAMA COUNTY – Tama County Women, Land & Legacy (WLL) announces its 57th event – Tama County Market Fall Social set for Thursday, Sept. 17, at Tama County Market, 2821 370th Street in rural Chelsea. Registration will begin at 5 p.m. with the event beginning at 5:30. Tama County Market ...

Burgers, Beats, and Breezes

Burgers, Beats, and Breezes is a free community cookout sponsored by Sunny Hill Care Center. The event will be held on Wednesday, September 9th from 3-7 p.m. in the grassy area on the south side of their facility. Rain date will be Wednesday, September 23rd. Food will be served from 5-6:30 ...

Learn to grow mushrooms at home during upcoming workshop

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will offer a Mushroom Cultivation Workshop on Tuesday, Sept. 29, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Tama County Extension Office, 203 W. High St., Toledo. The workshop will introduce participants to the basics of growing mushrooms at home, including how ...

Heart of Iowa Kennel Club Dog Show is Sept. 12-13

The Heart of Iowa Kennel Club will hold two American Kennel Club All-Breed and Obedience shows on Sept. 12-13 at the Central Iowa Fairgrounds in Marshalltown. According to Show Chair, Shelley Barron, “Although the Westminster Dog Show or the National Dog Show which is televised on ...

One community

There's no sign, no painted line, no fence, but if you’ve lived here long enough, you know where it is, the point where Tama starts and Toledo ends, the invisible border. For the Tama and Toledo Police Departments, that little line has been a very important detail for decades, but soon, ...

‘I’ll keep showing up’

With a small group of attendees packed inside a meeting room at the Louise and Lucile Hink Tama Public Library on Monday afternoon, current State Rep. Lindsay James (D-Dubuque), the Democratic nominee for the 2nd District seat in the U.S. House, made her case as to why voters should support her ...

The petition progression

At the Aug. 10, Tama County Supervisors meeting, citizen Bob Vokoun stood before the board and presented a petition to put the possibility of going back to three supervisors on the November ballot just two years after the board expanded to five members divided by districts as the result of a ...

Iowa State Fair Queen Belle Werner earns more than just a crown

DES MOINES — By the time Toledo’s Belle Werner was crowned the 2026 Iowa State Fair Queen, she had already put together a State Fair week to remember. Werner, the daughter of Eric and Michele Werner, was crowned Iowa State Fair Queen on Saturday, Aug. 15, capping a week that included a ...

Tama-Toledo Chess Club to hold inaugural meeting Sept. 1

TAMA – Rep. Dean Fisher of Montour thought his chess-playing days were over after giving up the mind sport half a century ago following high school. But through his work with the private, non-denominational K-8 Tama-Toledo Christian School, he’s picked up the game again after all these ...