April has been a great month of warmer temperatures and finally some much needed rain! The budget development process is now behind us for the year, but we will continue to monitor it as the year progresses. Our Supervisor meetings are running smoothly and the agendas are still very full. You ...

Spring has not been kind to me and the good days one could play golf, were those days I was surprisingly busy. But finally I got the old clubs out, cleaned the golf balls, found a few tees and I went out to play my first round of golf of 2025. It was not pretty. No one's first outing is ...

Editor's Note: Chris Behrens submitted his resignation as interim Tama County Zoning Administrator/Weed Commissioner on Wednesday, April 30. His resignation is set to be addressed during a Friday, May 2 meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Well, our Board of Supervisors has done it again. ...

If there is one thing that continues to stand out to me, it is how lucky I am to work alongside such great people. The staff at the Sheriff’s Office make my job easier every single day, and I cannot thank them enough. But it goes beyond just our office. Across the board, Tama County is filled ...

So, it's spring. Flowers are blooming, and piles of random odds and ends are left out on the berm for a disgruntled city worker to pick up. Yeah, we threw a load of junk out there to be taken. We do every year. Somehow we always have some more random crap just lying around to throw into a ...

With a wacky college schedule, I have been blessed with a week off campus. I admit, I keep myself way too busy in my day to day life but this week has been a nice change of pace. A combination of doing nothing and being home has created a good environment for noticing what’s going on around ...

Well, it is Monday April 21. Our great Tama County Board of Supervisors just proved Tama County citizens are not in their best interest. Zoning Administrator Bob Vokoun was on the agenda today and ended up giving his notice of resignation effective May 1, 2025. Our wonderful Board accepted his ...

At times I feel that my generation, like all others before mine, has some serious faults. I’m a prideful person who tries not to talk down to the things I care about, so where might this come from? I’ll tell you, the lack of kite flying that this generation has done is deeply concerning. ...

Just want to get this out to the public: Unless those who have contracts with Salt Creek Wind and residents who are OK with turbine development start coming to the Board of Supervisors meetings, TCAT (Tama County Against Turbines) and this board are going to DICTATE what farmers can do with ...

I don't remember the first time I rode a lawn mower. I don't remember the first time I drove a tractor. I don't remember the first time I drove a car. I'm sure I was too young for all three. But I do remember the first time I got pulled over because it happened last week. As a fat man who ...