×

Business

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 ...

Field Day is Sept. 9 for Meskwaki Red Earth Gardens

Meskwaki Nation will host a field day and tour about starting a community-based farm business Sept. 9, behind the Meskwaki Casino, four miles west of Tama-Toledo on the U.S. Highway 30 Expressway.The Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa invites farmers and the public to learn about ...

Hughes named Premier Estates of Toledo, The Village administrator

"It's exciting to work for a fairly new company," Sherry Hughes, the new administrator of Premier Estates of Toledo and The Village, said last week. Hughes began duties on July 21.The care facility and assisted living apartment complex was purchased by Trillium Health Group which owns and ...

Derek Townsend is new to pharmacy team at Medicap

Medicap Pharmacy has announced they have a new pharmacist joining their team. Derek Townsend grew up in Perry, Iowa, and attended Central College in Pella. While at Central, he participated in basketball, cross country and track, majored in chemistry and met his wife Amy (Ledvina) ...

Wilkerson’s take over Caring Cans, continuing to offer local recycling

"You wouldn't believe the amount of cans," say Julie and Tom Wilkerson who opened their Wilkerson Redemption Center on June 16. The center is a new addition to their long-standing Wilkerson Hardware business in downtown Toledo.They took over when Caring Cans, a non-profit in Tama, was ...