TAMA COUNTY – From the biggest snowfall of the season (thus far) to scathing winds and a surge of Arctic cold, it’s been one beast of a weather week here in Iowa. Although it started relatively slowly, the Tama County area generally received an estimated four to six inches of snow ...
TOLEDO – Tama County’s 911 communications director has parted ways with the county. Jeremy Cremeans, now-former Tama County 911 Communications Director, voluntarily entered into a severance agreement with the Tama County E-911 Service Board on Jan. 31, 2025 – an agreement that upon ...
DYSART – Wheelchairs 4 Kids, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children with mobility challenges, is thrilled to announce that Brady McGivern, a nine-year-old boy who is living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, has received a foldable power chair, thanks to the ...
TOLEDO - The fallout from the controversial firing of former Tama County Human Resources Manager and Insurance Administrator Tammy Wise continued on Monday, Feb. 10, as the board of supervisors once again discussed reassigning the duties of the HR department at the top of the agenda. After ...
TRAER – Members of the Schmitt family are recommending the current crop of senior Redhawks take a serious look at Coe College in Cedar Rapids in light of the new, renewable Herink Family/North Tama Dollars for Scholars Scholarship. Kylee (Schmitt) Pusteoska “Going to a small liberal ...
TOLEDO – Did you know that Iowa has a unique funding source for free or low-cost annual testing of private wells? Or that some water pollutants are odorless, tasteless and will not be removed by boiling water? If you’re curious about the answers to these questions, then take advantage of ...
TOLEDO – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County will host a Certified Handlers Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) on Wednesday, March 12. The program, provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP), is available at office locations ...
TRAER – Members of Traer’s American Legion Auxiliary Post 142 spent Valentine's Day last Friday afternoon with residents of Sunrise Hill Care Center. Together they played bingo, enjoyed ice cream sundaes, and made handcrafted Valentines.
CORALVILLE – For All-American Jillian ‘Monster’ Worthen, last week’s girls state wrestling tournament ended on a triple high with the Union High School senior taking home her third state wrestling title – a feat that places her among the best of the best wrestlers in not only the ...
Editor’s note: “Leather works” by Telegraph reporter Ruby McAllister took home a top prize in the 2025 Iowa Better Newspaper Contest during the Iowa Newspaper Association (INA) Convention held on Feb. 6 this year. The feature story about Robert Backes’ BobLarry Custom Leather shop ...