For the second time in less than three years, the mayor of Tama has resigned. Mayor Brian Hanus put in his resignation on Wednesday, March 4. The letter of resignation read, “Due to the fact that certain members of the City Council believe that they can run everything the way they want, I ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Norwalk man has been arrested and charged with one count of sex abuse related to an incident that allegedly occurred on the Meskwaki Settlement last month. According to a press release from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), the charge against Jonathan Paul ...
Berleen Wobeter of rural Toledo has filed to run in the Democratic primary for Iowa House District 53, submitting her paperwork on Friday, March 6, at the Iowa Secretary of State’s office. The filing window for Iowa’s 2026 primary elections will close March 13 at 5 p.m. Candidates who ...
In two separate closed sessions after the regular session of the STC school board, the contracts of Dustin Schuett and Dina Keahna were terminated. Schuett served as a maintenance technician while Keahna was the 9th-10th grade school counselor. The motions, provided to the News Chronicle by ...
Monday’s Toledo City Council meeting, local Rodney See was sworn in to the Toledo Police Department. Officer See is pictured here with Toledo Police Chief Dan Quigley.
TAMA/GRUNDY COUNTIES – State and local conservation leaders gathered in rural Tama and Grundy counties earlier this week to highlight ongoing efforts aimed at improving Iowa’s water quality through a combination of agricultural conservation practices and partnerships between private ...
TRAER – The Tama County American Legion and Auxiliary will hold their joint meeting on Tuesday, March 24, at 1:30 p.m. at the Traer Memorial Bldg. Government Day (April 8) will be discussed.
This week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting was mostly a closed session. The closed session was to meet with legal counsel. Once out of closed session, the supervisors gave this week's Roads Report, which stated they’ve been cutting brush and removing the snow equipment. They’ve been ...
TOLEDO – Each year, Tama Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) partners with Conservation Districts of Iowa (CDI) to help foster the higher education endeavors of Iowa high school seniors beginning college studies in natural resources or agriculture. Tama SWCD selects one applicant ...
Maxine Husak is pictured here with her daughter Marlene. Maxine celebrated her 100th birthday last June 12, 2025. It took many months of waiting, but they finally received her acknowledgement from the Iowa Governor and the POTUS. Here both ladies are holding the official certificates.