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Shop Small Saturday added to Holiday Cheer events Nov. 30

Some local small businesses are joining in an added attraction for the Exploding With Holiday Cheer events this Saturday in Toledo and Tama.In cooperation with American Express, Shop Small Saturday will feature a pair of $25 gift cards to be given away at participating Tama-Toledo Area Chamber ...

Exploding with holiday cheer in Tama-Toledo on Sat. Nov. 30

There's lots of holiday events to kick off the season set for next Saturday, Nov. 30, in Tama-Toledo, sponsored by the Tama-Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce.The fun gets underway from 7-10 a.m. with Breakfast with Santa at the Tama Civic Center, 305 Siegel.The jolly old gent will be making his ...

Chamber opens season Nov. 30: Explode with Holiday Cheer

By John SpeerEditorjspeer@tamatoledonews.comActivities will abound in Tama-Toledo on Saturday, Nov. 30, Chamber of Commerce coordinator Cassie Sokol promises.Young people can enjoy Breakfast with Santa from 7-10 a.m. at the Tama Civic Center, 305 Siegel, where the Tama firefighters and ...

Pitch and Build competittion tonight in Toledo

The next Tama County Economic Development Pitch and Build Competition will be held on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Reinig Center in Toledo. It features extraordinary Tama County entrepreneurs who will pitch their business idea to a group of business leaders ...

Pitch & Build postponed to January

The Pitch & Build sponsored by Tama County Economic Development has been postponed.It has been rescheduled to Jan. 21.Economic Development Director Heath Kellogg said the reason for the delay was that several Pitch and Build projects are not ready for face-to-face discussions due to the ...

Extending U.S. 30 Expressway from Tama to Iowa 21 on plate

AMES- The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing Thursday, Nov. 21, to discuss the proposed improvements along U.S. 30 in Tama County from the east end of the Tama bypass to Iowa 21 at the Tama and Benton county line. The completed environmental assessment will also be ...

AAUW offers holiday garland

The Tama-Toledo Area Branch of the American Association of University Women(AAUW) will once again sell live holiday garland. The garland is available to local businesses and residents.AAUW will deliver your garland to your home or business during the week before Thanksgiving, November 18-22. ...

Tama County Pitch & Build competition set Tuesday, Nov. 19

The next Tama County Economic Development Pitch and Build Competition will be held on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Reinig Center in Toledo. It features extraordinary Tama County entrepreneurs who will pitch their business idea to a group of business leaders ...

Meskwaki Nation hosts Job Fair Nov. 14

Job seekers are invited to a Job Fair on Thursday, Nov. 14, from 1-5 p.m. at the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel Veterans Convention Center.There will be 22 area employers on hand.The National Career Readiness Certificate Testing will be taking place from 9 a.m. - noon at the Convention ...

Boarding up the Budget Inn

What was reputed to be Tama County's first motel has fallen on hard times. The Toledo City?Council ordered the doors and windows of the closed property boarded up at the regular council meeting on Monday, Oct. 28.Safety concerns and reports of persons and animals entering the rooms made at ...