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Election

Doland’s previous supervisor experience called into question

TOLEDO – It may be ‘October’ but news that Mark Doland, Republican nominee for Tama County Supervisor District 4, previously resigned from his position as a Mahaska County supervisor will be no ‘surprise’ to many. In a letter to the editor printing this week (page 4), Tama County ...

Meet the Candidates for Supervisor District 4: Mark Doland

Mark Doland, 48, is the Republican nominee for Tama County Supervisor District 4. He lives in rural Toledo (seven miles northwest of the city limits) with his wife Gwendy (Thede) Doland; they have five daughters and three sons. He works as a probation officer. His educational background ...

Meet the Candidates for Supervisor District 4: Berleen Wobeter

Berleen Wobeter, 67, is the Democratic nominee for Tama County Supervisor District 4. She lives on a farm north of Toledo. She was raised on her family’s farm in northern Tama County; after marrying her husband Pete Wobeter, they moved to their current farm where they raised two children, ...

Meet the Candidates for Supervisor District 5: Curt Kupka

Ahead of the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing correspondent Michael Davis sent questionnaires to all the candidates running for the Tama County Board of Supervisors. This week we feature responses from Republican Curt Kupka of Chelsea and Democrat Bruce Lenhart of Tama who ...

Meet the Candidates for Supervisor District 5: Bruce Lenhart

Editor's note: A photo was not made available to the newspaper for Lenhart. Ahead of the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing correspondent Michael Davis sent questionnaires to all the candidates running for the Tama County Board of Supervisors. This week we feature responses ...

Fisher, Hexter offer contrasting visions for Iowa during AAUW candidate forum

A crowd of around 100 interested spectators from around House District 53 filed into the Tama American Legion on Monday night to hear from incumbent Rep. Dean Fisher (R-Montour) and challenger Tommy Hexter (D-Grinnell) during a forum sponsored by the local chapter of the American Association of ...

AAUW to host debate between Fisher and Hexter at Tama American Legion

On Monday, Sept. 30, Republican incumbent Dean Fisher of Montour will debate his Democratic challenger Tommy Hexter of Grinnell as both are vying for the District 53 seat in the Iowa House. Hosted by the Tama-Toledo branch of the American Association of University Women, the event will take ...

Hexter speaks at Powwow, continues campaign

MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT - The race for the District 53 seat in the Iowa house continues to heat up. Democratic challenger Tommy Hexter was invited to speak at the 108th Meskwaki Powwow over the weekend. Before speaking, Hexter was taught and performed a dance in front of the crowd. In a ...

Fields of opportunity for Tommy Hexter

Raised a Catholic in central Virginia while living on an egg and vegetable farm has shaped House District 53 Democratic candidate Tommy Hexter into the person he is today. Raised much like an Iowan, Hexter did plenty of farm chores and attended parochial school as a youngster, eventually ...