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Tama County News

Hospital offers Medicare Seminar Sept. 5 and Sept. 23

GRUNDY CENTER — Grundy County Memorial Hospital is offering two sessions of the “Welcome to Medicare” seminar, aimed at those who have questions about Medicare health insurance benefits or are approaching Medicare eligibility and need information about how to enroll. The free seminar is ...

Iowa’s Largest and Tallest Trees program set for Sept. 11

TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present “Iowa’s Largest and Tallest Trees” on Wednesday, Sept. 11, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St, Toledo. Join big tree hunter Mark Rouw has been searching for the biggest trees in Iowa for nearly 50 ...

Dysart National Night Out set for Aug. 20

DYSART – Law enforcement officers, by the nature of their jobs, often meet people in less than ideal circumstances, but National Night Out – an annual event held in cities across the country on the first Tuesday in August – aims to foster police-community partnerships by bringing them ...

Rep. Hinson hosts Women in Ag roundtable

TAMA – As she reiterated near the end of her Women in Ag roundtable at the Tama Civic Center on Tuesday, Aug. 6, U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who grew up in the Des Moines area and now calls Marion home, isn’t a farmer and won’t ever pretend to be one. But the congresswoman, who ...

The nature report

TOLEDO – The usual bunch congregated for the supervisors meeting last week on a hot Monday morning. The Aug. 5 meeting kicked off with a bit of quiet time during a particularly slow public comment section. Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske had a proxy give the weekly report as he's ...

Sen. Joni Ernst tours Tama County’s Otter Creek Marsh near Chelsea

CHELSEA — On a recent muggy Saturday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) made an appearance in Tama County as part of her River to River tour. Biologists, DNR employees, and Ducks Unlimited stakeholders toured the Otter Creek Marsh. Occupying 3,800 acres outside of Chelsea and ...

Hosek awarded Tama SWCD college scholarship

Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) is pleased to announce Dylan Hosek of rural Traer has been selected to receive a $1,000 local college scholarship through the SWCD’s outreach programming. Dylan is a North Tama graduate majoring in Applied Agricultural & Food Studies ...

July rainfall continues positive trend

DES MOINES – After significant localized heavy rainfall and flooding in June, July continued the trend with above-average rainfall, according to the latest Water Summary Update. July’s preliminary statewide precipitation was 5.40 inches, or 1.23 inches above normal. However, ...

‘Thank You for a Great Summer’ from Tama County 4-H

TAMA COUNTY – Over 600 K-12th graders participated in summer 4-H programs in Tama County this year and we want to say thank you! We say a huge thank you to our partnerships with the Tama, Toledo, Traer, Dysart, Chelsea, Clutier and Garwin public libraries. Thank you to Tama County ...

New signs greet visitors to Tama County’s smallest incorporated town

VINING — Nestled in the heart of the Bohemian Alps, Vining — with a population of 54 at the 2020 census — is about as rural as it gets. Tama County’s smallest incorporated community is also one of the smallest in the entire state, with the post office running out of a spare bedroom ...