6 days ago · TRAER – Members of the 2025 North Tama Board of Education assembled for a new group photo on Tuesday, Jan. 21, to kickoff the new year. Those pictured include (from left) David Calderwood, Cheryl Popelka, president Rod Zobel (back), Jenny Sniffin, Marty Dostal (back), and vice chair Doug Dvorak. Not pictured, David ‘Spanky’ Boldt and […]

Jan 24, 2025 · Habitual offender arrested, charged with area American Legion burglaries January 24, 2025 - Local News TOLEDO — A Marshalltown man with an extensive rap sheet has been arrested and charged by the Tama County Sheriff’s Office in connection with the late December burglaries of the Garwin and Gladbrook American Legions as well as a Jan. 2 robbery at the Tama-Toledo Eagles Club.

Dec 13, 2024 · Gerald Alan Kopriva was born on December 18, 1949, in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Alfred and Maxine (Prusha) Kopriva. Upon his graduation from high school in 1968, Gerald attended Iowa State University. He graduated with a degree in farm operations. Gerald proudly served as a member of the US Army reserves from 1970-1976. Gerald […]

Jan 24, 2025 · Tama County’s new sheriff is no butterfingers, triumphs in local pie baking contest. January 24, 2025. GLADBROOK – Tama County Sheriff Casey Schmidt (R-Dysart) was quite possibly ‘filling’ like a million bucks last Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Tama County Pork Producers annual banquet in Gladbrook after his homemade butterfinger pie won first place in the men’s division of the best pie ...

Winds of change. January 17, 2025. TOLEDO – The winds of change are sweeping through Tama County government. It has been roughly three years since members of the local coalition Tama County Against Turbines (TCAT) first started asking the then three-member Tama County Board of Supervisors to enact a moratorium on commercial ...

Jan 17, 2025 · TOLEDO – The winds of change are sweeping through Tama County government. It has been roughly three years since members of the local coalition Tama County Against Turbines (TCAT) first started asking the then three-member Tama County Board of Supervisors to enact a moratorium on commercial wind energy development in the county. During that time, […]

Jan 3, 2025 · TRAER – Tama County Sheriff Dennis Kucera, now retired, was honored last Saturday, Dec. 28, during a public open house held at the Memorial Building in Traer. For several hours that afternoon, family, friends, sheriff’s office staff including current and former deputies and reserve deputies, and even several local politicians waited patiently in a receiving […]

As Iowa’s 2024-25 girls and boys high school wrestling seasons race toward late January/mid-February finales, respectively, North Tama’s squads have continued to find success on the mats. During the Jan. 11 North Mahaska Invitational, the Redhawk girls finished third with 98 points out of 10 teams behind LeMars in second (114.5 points) and Cardinal in […]

Jan 10, 2025 · The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team completed a successful year of advocating and educating themselves and others about the beef industry and beef production. Team members participated in Cattlemen at the Capitol, took field trips, made multiple appearances on radio, presentations to consumers, and volunteered at the Iowa State Fair. The …

Jan 24, 2025 · New resource provides wind and solar decommissioning guidance to local officials January 24, 2025 - Local News As demand for renewable energy generation continues to grow, many local decision makers are responding by creating ordinances that govern how projects will be built, managed, and decommissioned.