Coffee, donuts, cinnamon rolls, mingling, and small talk were had among prominent officials fromTama County and Marshalltown on Tuesday. They weren’t gathered simply to read each other’s name tags and to chat about a possible bright future; they were there to make history. Though the ...
IOWA CITY — As Iowa’s rising cancer rates continue to generate discussion and concern among residents and politicians alike, the University of Iowa College of Public Health released a 118-page initial findings report on “Key Drivers of Cancer in Iowa” that was funded through an ...
DES MOINES — The annual Iowa Newspaper Association (INA) convention and awards banquet were held last Thursday at the downtown Marriott in Des Moines, and as in years past, the Times-Republican and Tama-Grundy weekly publications — the Tama-Toledo News Chronicle, North Tama Telegraph and ...
People were sitting, standing, and loitering in the hall; it was the largest crowd the Tama County Supervisors had garnered in a couple of months. Nearly all of the citizens who sardined themselves into the meeting room were attending the meeting for one reason, one agenda item, listed only ...
AREA – Tama County Republicans and Democrats caucused separately in several locations on the evening of Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, including at Gladbrook City Centre where half a dozen Republicans gathered to elect delegates for upcoming county and state conventions, submit party platform planks ...
A Fourth of July without fireworks? One of the bigger agenda items at this week’s Toledo City Council meeting was the possibility of no longer having fireworks due to budget cuts. While trying to cut costs, the city decided to weigh the pros and cons of continuing this time-honored tradition. ...
TOLEDO — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is hosting a series of town hall-style meetings where local staff provide updates on recently completed hunting seasons, discuss possible changes to hunting rules and regulations and address other topics as requested. Locally, the Iowa DNR ...
TAMA — South Tama County (STC) Superintendent John Cain and his administrative team got a special visit from State Auditor Rob Sand last Friday morning to celebrate the district’s Public Innovations and Efficiencies (PIE) award honoring it as the best performing district of its size in ...
On Saturday morning, Jan. 31, at the Toledo Public Library, Democrat Clint Twedt-Ball, a candidate for U.S. House of Representatives District 2 — a seat currently held by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who is now running for a seat in the U.S. Senate — took three curious Tama County residents ...
DES MOINES – On Tuesday morning, State Auditor Rob Sand issued a report on his office’s special investigation into the Tama County Human Resources Department — specifically, transactions processed by former HR Director and Insurance Administrator Tamara “Tammy” Wise — and identified ...