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Winter heating moratorium ends April 1

Iowa's annual winter home heating moratorium ends April 1. The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) reminds energy assistance customers currentlyprotected from service disconnection to contact their local utility company immediately to discuss payment options and avoid disconnection that could begin as ...

Assessment notices now sent to all with valuation change

The Tama County Assessor's office reported that valuation notices will be mailed on March 28. By law, the Assessor's office is required to notify the owners of all properties, which had a valuation change, by April 1.Assessments are effective as of January 1st of each year. The current notices ...

-Wieting Theatre – 2018 – Year in Review-

2018 was a year of changes. Beginning in April some serious safety issues were rectified with the replacement of beams under the seating area, and an internal steel structure was installed to support our new rigging system which can be operated easily and safely. We are all very appreciative of ...

Bumblebee’s is reborn as family restaurant

"Ya got trouble, my friend, right here,"I say, trouble right here in River City..."Ya got one, two, three, four, five, six pockets in a table."Pockets that mark the difference"Between a gentlemen and a bum,"With a capital "B,""And that rhymes with "P" and that stands for pool!..."-"Ya Got ...

New Location for IowaWORKS Center in Marshalltown will be open on April 1

MARSHALLTOWN- It has been announced a new location for IowaWORKS Center in Marshalltown is will be at 204 1/2 W. State St., downtown, effective Monday, April 1.The preset location at 3405 S. Center St. was sold by its owner, causing the relocation according to an IowaWorks news release.It's ...

Iowa Gov. Reynolds has signed Ag Trespass legislation into law

DES MOINES Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds recently signed S.F. 519 into law following a bipartisan vote by both the Iowa House of Representatives and the Iowa State Senate. She was joined by lawmakers, farmers, and leaders of the ag industry for the signing.S.F. 519 is: an act relating to offense in ...

Supervisors endorse objection to Iowa Senate road weight bill

Tama County Supervisors have joined with other government entities to oppose an Iowa Senate Bill SF 184 which would allow the Iowa Department of Transportation to issue yearly permits to forestry haulers to use non-primary highways for loads weighing up to 130,000 lbs. Tama county engineer ...

Shopko files to close rest of stores

Bankrupt Specialty Retail Shops Holding Corp., owner of the Shopko and Shopko Hometown Stores, filed on Monday, March 18, to close the remaining 120 locations which had been spared in a second round of shutdowns announced on Feb. 6.In the final round, Iowa locations including at Sioux City, ...

Update: Iowa Premium sold to National Beef

"I want to thank each and every one that makes up this amazing company called Iowa Premium LLC and for your hard work and dedication in making Iowa Premium LLC a premium provider of high quality family farm raised Black Angus beef products to our customers. I am so proud of everyone's ...

Toledo store closing- Bev Snyder to take memories of 45 + years with her at end

"I wasn't really looking for a full-time job," Bev Snyder says of the day she put in an application to join in readying the new Gibson's Discount Center in Toledo for its opening in 1974. Then living in Tama, Bev, along with five other local people began working to ready for the pre-opening at ...