TOLEDO - Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County office will host a Fumigation Continuing Instruction Course for commercial and private pesticide applicators on Nov. 19. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program can be seen at ...
CONRAD - The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team took a field trip to the Steckelberg Veterinary Clinic for its October 5, 2024, meeting. Dr. Kurt Steckelberg, DVM, served as the host. He kicked off the tour sharing that Steckelberg’s is a multi-generational veterinarian clinic that was originally ...
Ever since Kory Staff first started working as a middle school science teacher at South Tama County 24 years ago, he’s been taking seventh graders on an annual tour of the Corteva (formerly Pioneer) seed corn facility just a few blocks down the road to the west in Toledo. It’s become such a ...
GLADBROOK – A ‘wind-win’ situation played out recently for some local first responders. As part of the Vienna Wind Farm repowering (upgrading) project in Tama and Marshal counties which took place this past summer, first responders from the Gladbrook and Lincoln areas participated in ...
TOLEDO - Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County office will host a Forest, Aquatic and Right-of-Way Continuing Instruction Course for commercial pesticide applicators on Oct. 16. The program, provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program, can be ...
DES MOINES — Gardeners from across the state brought the best vegetables to Des Moines to compete in the Vegetable Crop competitions judged at the 2024 Iowa State Fair. Area winners are listed below. VEGETABLES- SUNFLOWERS Sunflower Head 3) Chuck Werner, Chelsea VEGETABLES- GARDEN ...
DES MOINES Ñ Ostrem Farm, of Stanhope, received Champion Boar honors at the Yorkshire Swine show judged at the 2024 Iowa State Fair. Fairview Farms, of Oskaloosa, received Champion Gilt, Reserve Champion Gilt and the Premier Exhibitor awards. Todd Schuler, of Atlantic, was awarded the ...
TOLEDO – It seems turbulence has yet again hit the highly controversial Salt Creek Wind project. For at least 15 years, a commercial wind energy project going by the name of Salt Creek Wind has been in some stage of development in central Tama County by either Wind Capital Group (prior to ...
TOLEDO – Tama County 4-H is excited to announce that enrollment opens Sept. 1 for the 2024-2025 Clover Kids program, designed specifically for youth in grades K-3rd. Clover Kids offers a fun and engaging introduction to 4-H, allowing young children to explore their interests and develop ...
Clean Energy Districts of Iowa, a nonprofit consortium of Energy Districts based in 13 counties in Iowa, is offering free energy coaching to assist farms and small businesses in applying for USDA grant funding for renewable energy or energy efficiency improvement projects. USDA’s Rural ...