The 18th annual Iowa Sales Tax Holiday will be held Friday and Saturday, August 4 and 5, 2017. Qualifying clothing or footwear with a selling price of less than $100 will be exempt from sales and local option tax.Some tax exempt items include: clothing and footwear for everyday wear such as ...
The State Bank of Toledo recently held its annual stockholders meeting and annual organizational board meeting. After 21 years of service as a member of the Board of Directors for The State Bank of Toledo, Mike Doyle has retired from his position.As a result of Mike's retirement, Tim Doyle was ...
As part of the White House Made in America product expo in late July, President Trump hosted manufacturers from all 50 states.Representing Iowa and with ties to Tama County and Dysart was Blake Waldrop. Waldrop is a former Dysart police officer who now heads RMA Armament based in ...
Bohemian Mutual Insurance Association is celebrating its 150th year with an Open House on Thursday, Aug. 3 at their office at 1309 S. County Rd. (U.S. Highway 63), in Toledo. See Details Page 3.They have been insuring farms and homes in Tama County and in the surrounding counties since 1867. ...
DES MOINES- Iowa needs an additional 127,700 residents to earn a two- or four-year college degree or other postsecondary credential to reach the goal of 70 percent of the workforce having education or training beyond high school by the year 2025, according to the new Metrics that Matter report ...
Artist Tim Murphy, a 1970 graduate of South Tama High School, has returned to live in Tama and with him comes his unique work.Tim has been a Hannibal, Mo., resident for the past 20 years practicing his form of artistry and also worked as a counselor there. He says he has been "chipping flint" ...
There's been some confusion concerning the MATRIX Design Group report.Beginning in May, The Chronicle began inquiring about the final reports which were due in May or June. Following the third request to the Iowa Economic Development Authority a reply was received on June 14 which said, in ...
Recommendations for the use of the former Iowa Juvenile Home / State Training School for Girls - the various buildings and the 27 acres in the middle of Toledo - are in.State Rep. Dean Fisher received a copy from the MATRIX Design Group on July 11, the day the plan was submitted to the Iowa ...
AMES- Small grains planted in Iowa are now a rolling carpet of green that will be ready to harvest in a few short weeks.These crops - barley, cereal rye, oats, triticale and wheat - are increasingly popular with farmers because they are cheap to raise and can be used in a number of different ...
DES MOINES - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey 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 October."We have seen continued dry weather throughout much of the ...