TOLEDO – The Tama County Board of Supervisors and Tama County Public Health & Home Care are pleased to announce that, despite necessary budget adjustments, they will continue to provide services as they have been to All Tama County residents. All public health and home health services ...
MARSHALLTOWN – The Iowa Veterans Home (IVH) is not going to be impacted by proposed cuts to the federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) workforce. An internal VA memo was revealed at the beginning of March. The goal is to reduce the size of the workforce to less than 400,000 by cutting ...
TRAER – The Traer Chamber of Commerce is gearing up to host two popular, annual events in April including Girls’ Night Out and the Easter Egg Hunt. First up, Girls’ Night Out will take place on Thursday, April 17, from 4-8:30 p.m. The event is being billed as a “progressive shop and ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Board of Supervisors started off with a quick, time-sensitive, motion and approval on Monday, March 24. First up, before much else, board members approved withdrawing from the opioid PBM litigation. Counties with 50,000 or less in population are withdrawing from the ...
AMES – The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program will be offering a “Last Chance” Private Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for private pesticide applicators during from April 7 until April 15, 2025, at participating county ...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recently kicked off his 45th consecutive year of meeting face-to-face with Iowans in every county. Grassley began his annual 99 county meetings on Wednesday, March 19, in Grundy County with a tour of a local business, followed by a ...
Editor's Note: This story will publish in next week's (April 4, 2025) print edition of the Telegraph. In addition to publishing here, the story also appears in this week's print edition of the Sun Courier. GLADBROOK – Two days after the spring equinox, the vibes were all spring last ...
CLUTIER – A controlled burn became a bit more than some area farmers could manage last Saturday (March 22) evening when the winds unexpectedly increased, leading to both the Clutier and Dysart Fire Departments stepping in to assist. “Saturday was a decent day to burn actually, it was ...
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles documenting the history of the school buildings in North Tama County Community School District courtesy of the Traer Historical Museum. TRAER – On August 20, 1954, Traer voters passed a $185,000 bond referendum to build an ...
IOWA – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Week is April 7-12. Iowa’s 100 county extension offices will host “I Spy Cy” activities and educational events throughout the week to thank Iowans for their support of ISU Extension and Outreach throughout the state. “This ...