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“T-Bone Tuesday” underway during May – Beef Month

"It's no secret that Iowans love meat. Iowa Farm Bureau's Food and Farm Index found 98 percent of Iowan grocery shoppers add beef to their shopping cart, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates this year Americans will eat more red meat than ever.In the spirit of giving consumers what ...

Long-time publisher set to retire, has led Toledo, Tama newspapers

With more than three decades at the helm of The Times-Republican and Marshalltown Newspaper, LLC., publisher Mike Schlesinger has announced he will retire June 30. He has also been in charge of operations of The Toledo Chronicle, Tama News-Herald, Tama County Shopper, Traer Star-Clipper and The ...

Ross Street Roasting is topic At Kiwanis

At the April 18t Toledo-Tama Kiwanismeeting, Brian Gumm spoke about his business Ross Street Roasting. Brian and his family moved here 5 years ago, and 3 years ago he became very interested in roasting coffee. He began roasting coffee in his garage on Ross Street. Since then he has moved his ...

Iowa Crop • Weather Report

DES MOINES - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through November."Another week of cold, wet weather prevented nearly all ...

Governor Reynolds, Lt. Gov. visit Hardons, Inc. in Tama

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Lt. Governor Adam Gregg and State Rep. Dean Fisher took a look at some of the improvements in the downtown Tama business district and discussed business issues in a visit to Hardon's Inc. in downtown Tama on Friday morning, April 6.In conversations with the state ...

Kalinay named assistant vice president at Pinnacle Bank

Pinnacle Bank has announced the promotion of Tammy Kalinay to Assistant Vice President.Kalinay joined the staff of Pinnacle Bank in March of 2012, as Personal Banker and Consumer Lender.She has 13 years of banking experience, previously serving Home Federal Bank, in Toledo. Kalinay is currently ...

Alliant Energy to file for increase in natural gas rates

Des Moines - The Iowa Utilities Board has issued an order scheduling six public comment meetings regarding an application filed by Alliant Energy-Interstate Power and Light Company(Alliant), requesting approval of customer notices and Alliant's planned filing to request an increase in its Iowa ...

Iowa Crop • Weather Report

DES MOINES - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through November."The cool, wet weather has kept farmers out of the field and ...

Marcia’s not retiring- just going to a different “style”

"It's bittersweet to be retiring, I'm not, I'm redirecting my life, I don't want to sit around and rust," Marcia Murty said in her downtown Tama beauty shop, Main Street Styling, last week.Indeed, Marcia has other plans after she ends her 51-year career in the hair care business at the end of ...