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Short-handed Knights take care of undefeated Spartans, 74-65

LA PORTE CITY – Mid-February in Iowa means high school basketball teams are preparing for the postseason. It is a time of year where the cream rises to the top and teams hitting their stride entering the postseason can do the most damage. All roads were leading to the match-up in La Porte ...

Six Knights qualify for state wrestling

INDEPENDENCE – It was a truly sweet Valentine’s Day for six members of the Union Knights boys wrestling squad who qualified for the 2026 IHSAA State Wrestling Tournament after finishing top-2 in their respective brackets at the Class 2A District 6 state qualifier hosted by Independence last ...

Morris, Monat punch tickets to state wrestling

OGDEN – It was a truly sweet Valentine’s Day for a pair of North Tama grapplers who qualified for the 2026 IHSAA State Wrestling Tournament after finishing top-2 in their respective brackets at the Class 1A District 7 state qualifier hosted by Ogden on Saturday, Feb. 14. Sophomore Chase ...

Telegraph wins half-dozen 2026 INA awards, including Best Sports Photo

DES MOINES – The North Tama Telegraph took home three first-place awards and three second-place awards across multiple categories during the annual Iowa Newspaper Association (INA) Convention and Awards Ceremony held on Thursday, Feb. 5, in Des Moines. The 2026 Iowa Better Newspaper ...

County parties caucus as part of midterm organizing

AREA – Tama County Republicans and Democrats caucused separately in several locations on the evening of Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, including at Gladbrook City Centre where half a dozen Republicans gathered to elect delegates for upcoming county and state conventions, submit party platform planks ...

The story of Iowaville

KEOSAUQUA — A celebration of America’s history started with a story of the tribe that gave the state of Iowa its name. “An Assessment of Iowaville (1765–1824)” at Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Lodge on Sunday, Jan. 18, was the first in a series of statewide presentations connected to ...

Tallgrass Prairie Center announces spring seminar series

CEDAR FALLS – The University of Northern Iowa’s Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) is set to kick off its spring 2026 seminar series focusing on restoration and management of prairies. Free and open to the public through both virtual attendance and in-person, the series’s theme is ...

Traer Nostalgia: Photos from the Traer Historical Museum

Imagine shoveling snow by hand to clear roads and railroads. Such was the case during the winter of 1936 which saw record snowfall in the area. High winds on Tuesday, February 4, 1936 piled snow in the most stupendous drifts. All highways were blocked and railroad service was halted for many ...

Tama County Supervisors tour old STC middle school

TOLEDO – One of the most interesting parts of the Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, Feb. 2, was a field trip. With their permission slips signed, the majority of the supervisors, along with a few other county employees and the sheriff, went on a guided tour of the old STC ...