Articles Tagged: Tama County

Iowa House District 53 covers Poweshiek County and most of Tama County.

One person is dead after a single-vehicle UTV crash Saturday in rural Tama County, according to the Tama County Sheriff’s Office.

A Shellsburg man confessed to helping a Traer woman kill her husband in 2021. He was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder, about month after the victim’s wife was charged.

After more than two years of investigation, a Traer woman was charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of her husband in their home. Her husband died from two gunshot wounds to his face.

Belle Plaine is scraping the bottom of its water reserves and is searching for reprieve and solutions. It’s not the only Iowa town suffering amid the record drought.

City attorney earlier said officials ‘shocked and dismayed’ by officer’s conduct.

Gazette’s arts columnist answered the phone for a surprising interview

The body that was found after an explosion at a house in rural Buckingham last week has been identified as Roger H. Dehrkoop, 70, the owner of the home.

Fire and law enforcement personnel found a body near a house that exploded in rural Buckingham Monday morning, according to a news release from the Tama County Sheriff’s Office.

Project Aware canoeists spend week on annual task

A petition by Tama County Against Turbines placed the measure on the ballot to increase the number of supervisors from three to five.

A former Tama County jailer has been charged with having sex with an inmate. A complaint states the deputy and offender had sex in a utility closet and the recreation yard.

A grand jury declines to bring charges against a Tama County deputy who fatally shot a Chelsea man during a standoff last year. Authorities said the deputy fired his weapon after the man fired his handgun during the standoff.

The first clinic will be held on Monday- from 1 to 3 p.m. will continue on a quarterly schedule.

Dewey Dale Wilfong III, 28, was shot by a Tama County deputy Thursday evening after officers responded to a call of shots being fired.