VINING — Nestled in the heart of the Bohemian Alps, Vining — with a population of 54 at the 2020 census — is about as rural as it gets. Tama County’s smallest incorporated community is also one of the smallest in the entire state, with the post office running out of a spare bedroom on ...
ELBERON — On May 22, the Elberon Public Library was vandalized, leaving the city building in need of multiple repairs. An estimated $17,922.95 of damages occurred during the incident. Bailey Anne Jenkins, 33, was arrested on June 29 in relation to the vandalism. Jenkins had been serving as ...
The Toledo Police Department has now identified and arrested 32-year-old Anthony Reitinger as last week's masked man who wielded a machete around Toledo. Reitinger is a registered sex offender after being convicted of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse in 2014. The Toledo Police ...
GLADBROOK – Gladbrook resident Becky Fevold is this year’s Tama County inductee for the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame. The Iowa 4-H Foundation sponsors the annual Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Iowa State Fair. Inductees into the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame represent the many people in ...
Raised a Catholic in central Virginia while living on an egg and vegetable farm has shaped House District 53 Democratic candidate Tommy Hexter into the person he is today. Raised much like an Iowan, Hexter did plenty of farm chores and attended parochial school as a youngster, eventually ...
BROOKLYN - T.I.P. Rural Electric Cooperative hosted a customer appreciation event to celebrate the inauguration of its new building, providing the perfect venue to honor three remarkable individuals with Quilts of Valor, while also recognizing another for his military service. The recognition ...
TOLEDO - The main bit of business that everyone seemed to be curious about at Monday's Supervisors meeting was the appointing of a zoning administrator and weed commissioner. Multiple people applied and were interviewed by the supervisors and other members of the city staff. There ended up ...
TAMA - Boom, boom, boom went the speakers as the music blasted down Third Street in Tama; people drank, ate, grooved, and shook every once in a while as a train went by; this was Railroad Fest 2024. This is only the second year that The Tama Pump has put on the Railroad Fest, which is ...
GLADBROOK – The Tama County Livestock and Fair Association hosted the 2024 Tama County Fair at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook beginning Monday, July 15, through Sunday, July 21. It was another stellar fair week for both 4-Hers and FFA members alike marred by perhaps only the Monday evening ...
Airplane rides, fishing tours, state parks, and even a trip to see Caitlin Clark play basketball, all are dreams come true at Birkwood Village. Once a month, Executive Director Kaleigh Sieck draws a tenant to grant a wish, this month it was the lovely Betty Sheffert. Betty had dreams of ...