In 1857, the Meskwaki Nation purchased an eighty-acre parcel of land along the Iowa River. With that modest plot secured as a place to rest and rebuild after centuries of devastation and dispossession, the Meskwaki, or "Red Earth People," began to reclaim the homeland — an effort that Native ...
MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT - The race for the District 53 seat in the Iowa house continues to heat up. Democratic challenger Tommy Hexter was invited to speak at the 108th Meskwaki Powwow over the weekend. Before speaking, Hexter was taught and performed a dance in front of the crowd. In a ...
Tama Soil & Water Conservation District announces Dylan Hosek, of rural Traer, has been selected to receive a $1,000 local college scholarship through the SWCD’s outreach programming. Hosek is a North Tama graduate majoring in Applied Agricultural & Food Studies and minoring in ...
Join Tama County Women, Land & Legacy for its 50th event, “Fox Ridge Winery Tour & Social.” The event will be held on Aug. 20 at 1465 L Avenue in rural Traer and will begin promptly at 6 p.m. Since this is an outdoor event, a raindate is scheduled for Aug. 22 at the same time and ...
TAMA - As she reiterated near the end of her Women in Ag roundtable at the Tama Civic Center on Tuesday morning, U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who grew up in the Des Moines area and now calls Marion home, isn’t a farmer and won’t ever pretend to be one. But the congresswoman, who ...
The music is pumping, and in slow motion, the bat cracks the ball, sending it into the clouds. This is just one scene out of one video by local Eric Henry. At just 20 years old, Mr. Henry recently started his own business. If you've been to the Stoplight Festival this year or the Lincoln ...
CHELSEA — On a muggy Saturday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) made an appearance in Tama County as part of her River to River tour. Biologists, DNR employees, and Ducks Unlimited stakeholders toured the Otter Creek Marsh. Occupying 3,800 acres outside of Chelsea and accessible via ...
In July, the South Tama Lions Club had a big meeting that made the revitalized club official. After years of not having a local Lions Club, some locals got together last year to bring it back. The event in July attended by Lions members from all over Iowa made the new generation South Tama ...
The usual bunch congregated for the supervisors meeting on a hot Monday morning this week. The meeting kicked off with a bit of quiet time during a particularly slow public comment section. The Tama County Engineer had a proxy give the weekly report as he's currently on vacation. The proxy ...
Monday's Tama City Council meeting started with the approval of legal action. Lopez Construction, a company that acquired a property on John Street from the city, has done nothing with the lot. The council approved taking action to reacquire the property and again list it for sale. A public ...