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Frosted Bliss Bakery coming to downtown Toledo

The floors are partially only done, the paint is still wet, tools lay about, and there's cookies galore. Crudely written across the glass window you pass is the store name, Frosted Bliss. It's still bare bones, it's still a work in progress, but it has cookies. This is Toledo's newest ...

One retreat to rule them all

CHELSEA — Walking around slick with elf sweat, the hair on your hobbit feet matted down with sultry dew, the day may have been hotter than the fires of Mount Doom, but that couldn't dampen the spirit of the third annual Hobbits and Elves Immersive Fantasy Retreat. On the outskirts of ...

Grants for 90 projects to improve consumer access to E15 in Iowa announced

DES MOINES — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced that the Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program Board recently approved an additional 90 applications from Iowa fuel retailers to support new and expanded ethanol infrastructure projects. These investments help drivers save ...

Iowa Pharmacy Association Recognizes 50-Year Pharmacists

The Iowa Pharmacy Association recognizeS the following pharmacists who have achieved the milestone of 50 years of professional practice and service to the people of Iowa. Presented at IPA’s 2025 Annual Meeting on June 5 in Des Moines, this award honors Iowa pharmacists for their dedication to ...

The Circus of Tensegrity at Windy Goat Acres

CHELSEA — On May 31, a 15-acre farm becomes the stage for an aerial performance unlike anything Iowa has seen. The Circus of Tensegrity, a site-responsive circus project directed and produced by Iowa City-based aerialist Mimi Ke, will premiere at 4 p.m. on May 31 at Windy Goat Acres in ...

Austen-tatious Delight

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife, or a scone, or a cookie, or some tea, or game of croquet. That's how it was for the guests of Windy Goat Acres in Chelsea on Mother's Day weekend. In bonnets and top hats, the ...

Gail’s Academy of Dance Recital 2025

On Saturday, May 3, Gail’s Academy of Dance held their seventh annual recital. This year’s theme was “While We Are Here, We Should Dance!”, and just that they did! Owner and dance instructor Gail Ridout, took the day to highlight the hard hardwork and dedication of this year's ...

Tama County named in two additional lawsuits, bringing total to four

TOLEDO – And then there were four. Last week, Tama County added two more lawsuits to its docket, bringing the total number of petitions filed against the County in recent months to at least four. In addition to a Feb. 5, 2025 petition for declaratory judgment filed against the Board of ...