Market Report for August 4, 2017The August sun is here hope you have your onions pulled. Anyway, that is what my mother always told me. The August sun is here and the vegetables are really growing with a bountiful harvest. Kristi had green beans, cucumbers, summer squash, and green peppers ...

What a wonderful performance the cast of "L'll Red" put on at the theatres. It seems to get better each year.Thank you to the Camp Creamery crew that worked with the youth. Thank you to all of the young people who worked so hard for five days. You did very well. What more can I say!We are very ...

Last weekend, Baseball's Hall of Fame inducted five more members into this most coveted honor for any baseball player. In all the years baseball has been a sport, less than 250 players have been so honored. Names like Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, Williams, Mays, Cobb and others enshrine the Hall of ...

The big day is almost here. On August 21, the Moon will silently glide in front of the Sun blocking our view of the Sun's disk and letting only the outer edges of the Sun's atmosphere, called the corona, shine in a deep, deep blue sky. Unfortunately, to see totality you will have to leave Iowa ...

Market Report for July 28, 2017It was a great night for the Toledo Farmers' Market. The line up was great and the customers were plentiful.Thea and Will were all set up with a huge assortment of Aromathea Candles, melts, soaps and sprays. Kristi had plenty of Czech Bakeries, along with peppers, ...

We are still seeing some class reunions. We will have the class of 1967 tour the theatre Saturday, August 5. Are you having a class reunion in the near future? Would you like to have a tour of the theatre? Just give the theatre a call and leave a message. We will get back to you. These tours ...

SUMMER TIME QUIZ !!Ok, every now and then, I have to see just how smart the Tama News Herald readers really are. Following are seven questions. Answers will appear next week. Can you get at least five of them right? "Googling" is NOT an option. Har, Har, Har. Ok, here goes...1. What is so ...

Market Report for July 21, 2017It was a rainy night at the Toledo Farmers' Market, with only eight vendors setting up their stands. With their tables full, the vendors and customers were eager to sell and buy before the heavier rains started. Kristi had her Czech bakeries along with green ...

I would like to say a big THANK YOU to all the dunkees who were so willing to go in our dunk tank. You did good!We raised some money for Phase II of the renovation process for the Wieting. It is so nice to see the happy faces and hear the cute giggles when the kids dunk these people.Whether ...

Many people who are fascinated by the capriciousness of our universe must find Murphy's Law and all its' variations quite interesting. It seems there was an Edward Murphy, an engineer working on a certain project, found a small, technical error by one of his junior technicians and made this ...