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Supervisors make final decision on turbines

Government

Wind turbines once again dominated the discussion during the May 23 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting, but seemingly for the final time, at least when it comes to official agenda items. After reaffirming their industrial wind energy ordinances the week before, board member Dan Anderson ...

Trojan class of ‘22 recognized at graduation ceremony

Education

Clear skies and bright futures were on display Sunday for the graduating class from South Tama High School. Class speaker Luis Avalos took the stage decorated in cords to come before his fellow students one last time. “The challenges we’ve gone through have genuinely sucked, but ...

Over 125K awarded to South Tama seniors

Education

On May 18, 51 South Tama High School seniors received scholarships totalling up to $126,000. For 32 years, the STC Scholarship Foundation Inc., has awarded a total of $1,605,000 to over 1830 graduating seniors. Laptop recipient: The Iowa State Trio Award was presented to Luis Alvarez by ...

Food pantry report for April 2022

Local News

With the price of fuel and groceries on the rise, demand for food at the STC Food Pantry has increased. We are doing our best to meet the needs of our clients, however, our supplier, The Northeast IowaFood Bank, is experiencing shortages of many items we usually have on hand. Recently, we have ...

4-H Youth Programs Open To All

Local News

Tama County 4-H is excited to offer these summer programs to all youth of Tama County. On Their Own and OK Those who have completed grades 4-6 will spend the day learning about what they can do when they are home alone for a short period of time. We will talk about safety and how to handle ...

Tama County Fair Queen Applications Available

Local News

Miss Frances Jackson, 2021 Tama County Fair Queen has been representing Tama County at fair activities, parades and other activities throughout the year. Her Reign will soon be coming to an end. Frances, daughter of Matt and Ann Jackson of rural Garwin has participated in a wide variety of ...

A Meteoric Rise

Local News

How STC went from video game club to state tournament Esports is one of the fastest growing sports not only in the United States, but across the entire world. In 2018, the National Federation of State High School Associations recognized esports as an official sport. According to the ...

Lincoln Highway Bridge Festival begins tomorrow

Local News

Please join us for the Lincoln Highway Bridge Festival parade on Saturday, May 21 at 10:00 am! Parade line-up will begin at 9:30 am. We are inviting you and your business or organization to participate! The route will be slightly different for this year because we want to take the ...