GLADBROOK – Roughly 40 people showed up at the Gladbrook City Centre on Wednesday evening for a community meeting organized by Keith Sash ahead of the upcoming voted Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL) special school election. “I really appreciate the crowd we got here tonight. This is probably 10 times as many as I‘ve […]

5 days ago · GLADBROOK – Roughly 40 people showed up at the Gladbrook City Centre on Wednesday evening for a community meeting organized by Keith Sash ahead of the upcoming voted Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL) special school election. “I really appreciate the crowd we got here tonight. This is probably 10 times as many as I‘ve […]

5 days ago · William (Bill) Raney Frei was born on July 8th, 1932 to Dick and Hazel Frei in Reinbeck, Iowa. HIs upbringing was filled with the joys of small-town life and the adventures of growing up on a farm. He learned from his parents the importance of kindness towards others, dealing with folks in an honest way, […]

5 days ago · Tama County, Board of Supervisors sued over wind energy moratorium February 28, 2025 - Local News TOLEDO – Fallout from the wind energy moratorium adopted in early January by the new five-member Tama County Board of Supervisors now includes a lawsuit brought against both the board and Tama County by the developers behind the Salt Creek Wind project.

5 days ago · This is a tale of two towns – one with a school (Reinbeck) and one now without (Gladbrook) – facing down another special election called to essentially keep the lights on in a rural public school district. But if you speak to Gladbrook-Reinbeck (G-R) school board president Donovan Devore – a G-R High School Class […]

5 days ago · For at least the last 15 years, a commercial wind energy project going by the name of Salt Creek Wind has been in some stage of development in Tama County (occupying parts of Spring Creek, Crystal, Perry, Carlton, Howard, and Carroll townships) by either Wind Capital Group (prior to 2019), Conifer Power Company (2019-2024), or NextEra Energy Resources (2024-present).

Feb 21, 2025 · TOLEDO – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County will host a Certified Handlers Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) on Wednesday, March 12. The program, provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP), is available at office locations across Iowa. The local attendance site …

Jan 31, 2025 · GMG bond referendum passage points to bright future for district, Garwin community. January 31, 2025. GARWIN – The Green Mountain-Garwin (GMG) Community School District — and by extension the rural Tama County community of Garwin — closed out 2024 on a high note with the successful passage of a …

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 · TOLEDO – On Dec. 13, Bowman and Miller, P.C. released Tama County’s annual audit of financial statements as of and for the year ended June 30, 2024. Financial highlights from the report include: –The County’s revenue totaled $25,804,910 for the year ended June 30, 2024 – a 9.9% increase from the prior year. –Expenses for […]