Each year the Tony Hayek Memorial Award is presented at the American Gelbvieh Junior Association (AGJA) Junior Classic to the exhibitor of the Champion Bred and Owned Gelbvieh Heifer. This year's recipient at the 2023 AGJA Great Dakota Classic held in Huron, South Dakota, was Lily Judd of ...
Ten students from the Union High School agriculture program recently returned from 10 days on the Emerald Isle, enjoying an educational tour organized by high school agriculture instructor Adam Sacquitne. They were joined by another ag student from Benton Community High School and Maureen ...
Iowa author and native, Linda Betsinger McCann will be speaking in Traer and Clutier on August 30 about two of her books, “Prohibition in Eastern Iowa” and “Prisoners of War in Iowa”. Everyone is invited and there is no admission. On August 30 beginning at 2 p.m., Linda will be at the ...
Tama Co. 4-H Club members whose 2023 static/non-livestock projects were selected for the Iowa State Fair during this year’s county fair are pictured at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook. The state fair takes place from Thursday, Aug. 10 through Sunday, Aug. 20 this year. Local 4-H members’ ...
DES MOINES – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director Matt Russell, today announced that 46 Iowa Counties are now authorized for emergency haying or grazing use of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres for fiscal year 2023.The 26 counties ...
CLUTIER – Although it has been known by several different titles through the years including Czech Day, Clutier’s annual town celebration has always had at least one abiding theme – to preserve the fun! “Celebrations or community events have always been a part of Clutier,” Kathleen ...
TRAER – Former KWWL news anchors Tara Thomas and Amanda Goodman launched a speaking tour earlier this year. The outspoken former television journalists, close friends and professional communication consultants are taking their ‘entertaining and brutally honest podcast’ Faith and Four ...
As promised, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has appealed a judge’s decision that blocks the state from enforcing a new law that seeks to ban almost all abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. The injunction was issued Monday, July 17, three days after Reynolds signed the measure into law. ...
The Kubik-Finch Legion Auxiliary Post 142 met Tuesday, June 13 to end the year with 18 members and a guest enjoying a potluck. Dawn Breakenridge gave a report on the proposed second mural to be done on Second Street for Traer's Sesquicentennial. A donation was approved. The charter was ...
TOLEDO – The Monday, July 17 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting was over in a shot, lasting a whole five minutes total. The public comment section started the meeting – lasting its usual thirty minutes – with very few citizens deciding to utilize the time. The main bit of ...