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Business

Manatt’s donates parade winnings to Food Pantry

Manatt's assistant manager Dave Sokol received the first place $100 Chamber Bucks award for the company's entry in the 2014 Lighted Holiday Parade from Tama-Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce coordinator Cassie Sokol on Tuesday. Manatt's employees who assisted with the float project decided to ...

Center Associates offer free family portrait

Center Associates in conjunction with Talen Anderson Photography are offering a free family portrait to be taken this holiday season.The offer is limited to the first 20 families to sign up by the Dec. 23 deadline. The portraits will be taken during daytime hours at Center Associates Office, ...

Skilled Iowa NRC Test offered at Toledo Library

Iowa Workforce Development will hold a Skilled Iowa NCRC Testing Event at the library on Friday, December 19th from 10:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m.. This testing is free and will take up to three hours to complete. If you have questions, please contact Iowa Workforce Development.Become a certified ...

Meskwaki Expo now underway

The Meskwaki Holiday Expo featuring handmade Native?American crafts, food and more continues through Saturday, Dec.13.The Expo is open from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday at the Meskwaki Tribal Center, 349 Meskwaki Road.The public is invited.

Tama Library partners with Iowa Workforce Development

The Tama Library will be partnering with Iowa Workforce Development by offering testing for a National Career Readiness Certificate. The testing normally costs $50 but is being offered free.You must be signed up for the testing session - the deadline is Dec. 16 and the testing will be Thursday, ...

Iowa Premium Beef is: “Off to good start”

"We've had a good start up," was the report Jeffrey Johnson, the CEO of Iowa Premium Beef, made to the Tama City Council Monday night.Production at the Tama plant got underway last month after some $47 million was invested in modernizing the old Tama Pack facility on Tama's east side. It had ...

U.S. 30 junction at Iowa 21 DOT meeting is set

AMES The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Wednesday, Dec. 10, to discuss the proposed improvements at the intersection of U.S. 30 and U.S. 218 in Benton County, and the anticipated right of way needs associated with the proposed improvement of U.S. 30 ...

Meskwaki Holiday Expo to be on Dec. 11-13

Due to a death in the community, the Meskwaki Holiday Expo will not be held this week December 4 -6, 2014.The Expo will continue next week December 11-13.Meskwaki craftspeople are showcasing their talents and offering their fine items for sale at the Expo.The Expo will be at the Meskwaki Tribal ...

Spahn and Rose closes doors in Tama

Spahn and Rose Lumber Company closed in Tama on Monday ending 86 years in business here.In an email response to The News-Herald, John P. Hannan, President & CEO of Spahn & Rose Lumber Co. confirmed the closing.He shared a letter which is being mailed to the Tama customer base ...