With the sun shining brightly and birds chirping in the trees, families packed the Toledo Reinig Center for the annual AAUW Young Women of the Year event this last Sunday. The local Tama-Toledo branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) held its annual ceremony to ...
DES MOINES — The following students have received academic honors for the spring 2026 quarter and semester terms at Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must attain a grade point average between 3.50 and 3.749 for a minimum of six semester ...
“Certification in ServSafe® meets the Iowa Food Code requirements to have a certified food protection manager in all establishments,” said Holly VanHeel, class instructor and ISU Extension and Outreach human sciences specialist in food and health. "We live in a time when food safety ...
At Monday night’s South Tama County school board meeting, many projects continued moving forward. The board set a public hearing for May 26 regarding the sale of a vacant lot in Tama, the tennis courts in Toledo, as well as the old football field east of the old middle school. ...
It's not just about the penny; it's about the strategy and raising money for a good cause. The South Tama’s fourth-grade class has held its yearly “penny war” to raise money for the STC Community Food Pantry. Over $1,500 has been raised by the fourth grade class in just the past few ...
FAYETTE — Upper Iowa University has announced its 2026 Honors and Awards program recipients. As one of the honorees, Mayla Kiebach, of Toledo, was awarded the Dr. J. M. and Zinita Dickman Murphy Scholarship.
The halls of South Tama Middle School were transformed this week into an art gallery for the annual WaMaC Conference Art Show, showcasing nearly 120 pieces of student artwork from across the WaMaC West division. Participating schools included Benton Community, Clear Creek Amana, Grinnell, ...
Fire drills, lockdown drills, inclement weather drills, shelter in place drills, and now evacuation drills are practiced at the South Tama County schools. School Resource Officer Vern Jefferson explained the evacuation drill. “Examples for an evacuation could be a fire, gas leak and/or any ...
As the inaugural year of the Tama-Toledo Christian School draws to a close, administrators and board members are already preparing for the 2026–2027 academic year. In the coming year, TTCS will be adding 9th grade, allowing the school to provide a Christ-centered educational experience in ...
Last Wednesday was the annual government day for Tama County. Local high schoolers came and learned about the inner workings of the local regime. Supervisors Heather Knebel and Curt Hilmer represented the county board and fielded questions. At Tama County Public Health and Home Care, ...