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Business

Deimco breaks ground on major manufacturing expansion

Shi R2 Solutions, Inc., doing business as Deimco Finishing Equipment, held a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 2, for a new 10,800 square foot addition to its current facility in Tama. The new addition will increase Deimco's ability to simultaneously construct multiple projects."From ...

Priced Right Treasures reopens

After being forced to close due to the partial collapse of the neighboring building to the west, Priced Right Treasures has been cleared to reopen at 115 West High in downtown Toledo.Co-owner Mel Price told The Chronicle she plans to be open starting on Wednesday, Oct. 8.The store deals in ...

Tama County Pitch & Build has retail, food coffee competitors

"It's not boring," said Heath Kellogg, summing up a rousing two hours of pitches from a quartet of Tama County entrepreneurs and "want-to-bes" at the quarterly Tama County Pitch and Build competition at the Reinig-Toledo Civic Center on Tuesday night, Sept. 9. Kellogg is the director of the ...

Budget Inn option signed

New family-style apartment housing on the closed Budget Inn motel site in Toledo now appears to rest solely on approval of funding from Community Development Block Grant 2008 flood money.Bob Rafferty, attorney for developer Newbury Living, confirmed in an email last week to Toledo City Clerk ...

Budget Inn option signed

New family-style apartment housing on the closed Budget Inn motel site in Toledo now appears to rest solely on approval of funding from Community Development Block Grant 2008 flood money.Bob Rafferty, attorney for developer Newbury Living, confirmed in an email last week to Toledo City Clerk ...

Budget Inn Option signed

New family-style apartment housing on the closed Budget Inn motel site in Toledo now appears to rest solely on approval of funding from Community Development Block Grant 2008 flood money.Bob Rafferty, attorney for developer Newbury Living, confirmed in an email last week to Toledo City Clerk ...

Inspection to follow downtown Toledo business collapse

A family with four young girls and residents of an adjacent apartment were all unharmed when a portion of a downtown Toledo building collapsed on Monday night, Sept. 1.Toledo Police said an inspection of the building and those adjacent in the 100 block of West High Street downtown will be ...

Iowa Crop Report

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."The above average temperatures and frequent rains ...

Tama County Pitch & Build set for Tues., Sept. 9

The next Tama County Economic Development Pitch and Build Competition will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 9, , from 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. at the Reinig Center in Toledo.The general public is invited to support these entrepreneurs and network with business leaders throughout the county. RSVP for a $5 ...

New development for old motel?

New life may be in store for the deserted Budget Inn motel property at South Broadway and U.S. Highway 30 in Toledo. Bob Rafferty, attorney for Newbury Living, West Des Moines, reported plans to the Toledo City Council on Monday night, Aug. 25. He said the company had offered $130,000 to ...