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Election

County candidates file for June 4 primary election

TOLEDO – Last week Friday at 5 p.m. the county filing deadline passed for the June 4 primary election. The offices of county auditor and county sheriff, as well as five seats on the county board of supervisors, will all be on the Tama County primary ballot this June. Tama County ...

Tommy Hexter of Grinnell is running for Iowa House District 53

GRINNELL – Tommy is the director of Grinnell Farm To Table, a local food business that connects over 35 local farmers with consumers in Poweshiek and Tama County and provides food access to 8 community food pantries in the area. He also works for Iowa Farmers Union as a rural organizer ...

Races set for June 4 primary election

Voters will choose the legislative candidates to represent their respective political parties during the June 4 primary election. The winners of the primary will face opposing party candidates during the November general election. Candidates who filed the necessary paperwork before the ...

Trump takes Tama County

TAMA COUNTY – In the end, it really wasn’t much of a contest. Much like the rest of Iowa, Republican caucusgoers in Tama County overwhelmingly favored one candidate Monday night for the 2024 presidential nominee – former president Donald Trump who garnered more than 58% of the caucus ...

Presidential candidate Ramaswamy holds second Toledo town hall

Just over a month after holding an event at the adjacent building to the east, La Terraza Mexican Grill, Ohio businessman and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy returned to Toledo and hosted a town hall meeting at the Designer Inn and Suites last Thursday afternoon with about 50 ...

Several city/school election races in Tama Co. decided by write-in votes

Following the official first and second canvass of the Nov. 7 city and school elections in Tama County, the winner of several city government races including in the communities of Tama, Garwin, Tama, Vining, and Clutier were decided by write-in votes. Tama In the City of Tama, three council ...

Vivek’s vision

Entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is going all in on “overperforming” at the upcoming Iowa Caucus, and he stopped at La Terraza Mexican Grill in Toledo on Monday night as part of that effort to reach new voters and touch on some of his key campaign themes ...

Election 2023 results

After a long Tuesday in which the spirit of democracy swept through the county like an eagle floating on the fall breeze, the night ended at the auditor's office. Precincts called in, votes were counted, and 'VOTE HERE' signs were put in a back room as the ladies worked. The unofficial ...

Election 2023 candidate spotlight: Toledo City Council

Candidate name: Joe Boll Profession: Retired Education: STC 1967, UNI BA 1971 Family: Wife Janet 1. What makes you want this position? My desire to serve the Toledo community is why I am running for city council. 2. What would you do if elected? I would attempt to lead the community ...