It's National Police Week, May 12-18, 2019, and here's three of Tama County's law enforcement officers from the past pictured in The Tama News-Herald in 1961 when they began wearing official uniforms instead of business suits. From left are Sheriff Forrest L. "Sam" Schaffer, Deputy Sheriff ...
On Tuesday,?May 7, Tama City Mayor Mike Carnahan and Poppy Chairman Brenda Youngbear gathered to declare the month of May as the American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Month and Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18 as Poppy Days in the City of Tama.The red crape paper Poppy is the symbol of the little ...
South Tama Middle School student Alex Correra and STC?Elementary student Alondra Garcia check out the display of art work by students in South Tama and Meskwaki Settlement schools at the This Is Us! event Sunday night, May 5 at the Elementary School in Tama.
Imagine hiking rolling hills created by windblown soils from the last Ice Age, discovering and collecting Devonian age fossils from 365 million years ago, climbing the Midwest's tallest observation tower for sweeping views of a 15,000-acre lake, exploring the backwaters and sloughs of the ...
Officers from Tama, Toledo and Meskwaki Nation police departments and the Tama County Sheriff's Office will be on hand for Popcorn With the Police,, next Thursday, May 16, from 5- 7 p.m. at the Tama Civic Center.Sponsored by Supporting?Kids in Prevention (S.K.I.P.) you will have the opportunity ...
DES MOINES (readMedia)- If a picture is worth a thousand words, the Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation believes a volunteer photograph must be worth a thousand hours! The Blue Ribbon Foundation has our camera ready for a volunteer photoshoot this summer during the Iowa State Fair.Your help ...
Plans for the 35th Annual Lincoln Highway Bridge Festival are underway with the celebration taking place this year May 15 -18.Merriam's Midway Carnival will be up and ready to go on Wednesday, May 15, and kicks off the festival with rides and games for everyone!"Popcorn with Police" takes place ...
You can aid the effort to Stamp Out Hunger tomorrow,Saturday, May 11, as letter carriers will pick up non-perishable food donations by your mailbox by 9:30 a.m.The donated food will be delivered to the Northeast Iowa Food Bank which serves Tama and 17 other counties.This is the 27th year for ...
To assure you receive a free T-shirt, register by this Friday, May 10, for the Northeast Iowa Area Agency"Our Aging, Active and Alive Walk." It is set for Friday, May 31 at 10 a.m. at the Toledo City Park on West Ross Street.To register visit:tinyurl.com/AgingActiveAliveWalk or call Vicki Hyke ...
The 2018 This is Us diversity celebration had representatives from several cultures. The 3rd event will be this evening Sunday, May 5, at the South Tama Elementary School in Tama beginning at 5:30 p.m.