Recognizing the downtown rebuilding efforts of Ed and Marty Hardon, the Tama City council agreed Monday night to add $50,000 to the loan amount available for downtown revitalization bring the total to $200,000.The raise does await amending the revitalization program which is expected to take ...
Meskwaki, Inc. has announced its subsidiary Red Earth Real Estate has purchased property adjacent to Wandering Creek Golf Course and has planned a 52-unit luxury townhome development.The 11.3-acre site named Eagle View, is located at 233rd St and Eagle Ridge Drive in Marshalltown. The 2 ...
After 23 years in the hair cutting and styling business Toledo barber Pat Johnson will cut his last head of hair on Saturday morning, April 2. That happens to be the work day which Pat likes best. He says the business on Saturdays has "the barbershop atmosphere." And that's because he says the ...
JOHNSTON- The National Corn Growers Association recognized four Iowa Corn Growers Association members as winners of the 2015 National Corn Yield Contest (NCYC) during the 2016 Commodity Classic in New Orleans, Louisiana last week.Top yield winners from Iowa include: Mike Kaufman, Dysart, 328.68 ...
West Bend Mutual Insurance Company has announced it has awarded a $10,000 grant to Wieting Theatre and Opera House Guild, a local Toledo nonprofit.The award was made through West Bend's Independent Agents' Fund at the recommendation of West Bend's independent insurance agent, Matt Zmolek of ...
As America grows farther and farther from its agrarian roots, there is a growingdisconnect between the farmer and the consumer. Misinformation and misleading marketing strategies have led to what USA Today has described as "a confused consumer epidemic."With farm and ranch families comprising ...
JOHNSTON- The National Corn Growers Association recognized four Iowa Corn Growers Association members as winners of the 2015 National Corn Yield Contest (NCYC) during the 2016 Commodity Classic in New Orleans, Louisiana last week.Top yield winners from Iowa include: Mike Kaufman, Dysart, 328.68 ...
Editor's note: Van Wall Equipment operates the John Deere tractor dealership at U.S. Highway 63 and Tama County Road E29, seven miles north of Toledo. The company recently relocated from their location on the east side of Tama on Business Highway 30.PERRY- Van Wall Equipment and Schenkelberg ...
A San Fransisco, Calif.-based internet employment company claims Toledo as the second "Worst Place for Jobs in the Hawkeye State." The company Zippia, bills itself as "The Career Expert."The report even drops "Batman and Robin into their Toledo report, perhaps as an additional "hit" word to ...
"It's authentic Mexican - not "Tex-Mex," Armando Hernandez says of the menu at El Cerrito Mexican Restaurant in downtown Tama. Armando and three brothers have operated the downtown Tama eatery since late last fall offering a full menu of what he says have become favorites among ...