TOLEDO - Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County office will host a Pest Control Operators Continuing Instruction Course for commercial pesticide applicators on Dec. 4. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program can be seen at ...
A little over a year after officials with the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) began the process of reducing Highway 63 through Tama and Toledo from four to three lanes, they held a public meeting to discuss another major change on the horizon at one of the busiest intersections in ...
DYSART – U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) held a roundtable in Dysart on Tuesday, Oct. 22, welcoming Iowa Sec. of Agriculture Mike Naig, area farmers, and several elected officials to Tama-Benton Cooperative to discuss what she feels is America’s greatest national asset – ...
NEWS CHRONICLE PHOTOS BY MICHAEL AMBULANCE DAVIS — The lights were flashing and the monsters were lined up on the grass. The 2024 Trunk or Treat put on by Tama County 911 Saturday was stepped up this year as not only local emergency vehicles were present, but a helicopter. The University of ...
After the excitement of their previous meeting and the resignation of one of their now former members, the STC Board of Education reconvened for their second monthly meeting on Monday night. With a slate of run of the mill agenda items, the meeting was dominated by presentations. First, Dan ...
A Tama native and Air Force veteran who was taken as a prisoner of war in Vietnam after flying a bombing mission over Hanoi in 1972 was honored as the University of Iowa’s “Military Hero of the Game” during last Saturday’s win over Northwestern. Duane Vavroch, who was released from ...
TOLEDO - Fall is here so mark those calendars. On Nov. 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., the library will host its annual Fall Soup Luncheon. Stop by for a warm bowl of soup and a delicious treat. This is a free will donation luncheon to help support the library foundation. Everyone is welcome.
CEDAR RAPIDS - Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean's List for the summer 2024 semester. These students have achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after completing 12 or more credit hours at the college. Kirkwood students from the area earning this distinction are: Jonathon ...
CONRAD - The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team took a field trip to the Steckelberg Veterinary Clinic for its October 5, 2024, meeting. Dr. Kurt Steckelberg, DVM, served as the host. He kicked off the tour sharing that Steckelberg’s is a multi-generational veterinarian clinic that was originally ...
Ever since Kory Staff first started working as a middle school science teacher at South Tama County 24 years ago, he’s been taking seventh graders on an annual tour of the Corteva (formerly Pioneer) seed corn facility just a few blocks down the road to the west in Toledo. It’s become such a ...