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Education

STC Middle School Students of the Month

Congratulations to our STC Middle School Students of the Month for February! These Trojans have shown excellent examples of respect, responsibility, and positive relationships! #thetrojanway Left to Right: Gretchen Mead (8th), Abdiel Alvarez (7th), Taviah Rosenberger (5th), Kendra Youngbear ...

STC voters reject PPEL measure

For the time being, South Tama County will remain one of just 49 public school districts in the state without a voter approved Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL) after almost 60 percent of the voters who showed up for Tuesday’s special election opposed imposing it at a rate of $1 per ...

A casual conversation

The light attendance for Thursday night’s gathering at the Tama Civic Center to discuss the South Tama County school district’s upcoming Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL) could be attributed to a few factors — a general lack of awareness or the fact that Iowa superstar Caitlin ...

STC facing over $1 million in budget cuts

Citing the twin factors of declining enrollment and the expiration of federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds aimed to help school districts through the COVID-19 pandemic, South Tama County Superintendent John Cain proposed just over $1 million in budget cuts to ...

Gunshots heard last Friday

Around noon on Friday, Feb. 9 at South Tama Elementary, students and staff heard what sounded like gunshots. Taking precautions, the school went on lockdown, as the children were taken in from recess. After some investigation by the Toledo Police Department, the sounds were found to be some ...

Coaches vs. Cancer event raises nearly $700

This year, the South Tama County and Meskwaki Settlement School basketball programs came together in a joint effort to raise money in the fight against cancer by hosting a Coaches vs. Cancer event on February 5, 2024. This was a varsity girl-boy double header game that was originally scheduled ...

STC Middle School students of the month for January

Congratulations to our STC Middle School Students of the Month for December! These Trojans have shown excellent examples of respect, responsibility, and positive relationships! #thetrojanway. Left to Right: Denilson Castro Sical (5th), Javier Galeana Nunez (5th), Bentley Stechcon (6th), ...

An elite place of learning

When the Iowa Juvenile Home/Girls State Training School closed at the order of then-Gov. Terry Branstad under controversial circumstances in 2014, the future of the building that housed it in the heart of Toledo was murky at best. After failed attempts by area legislators to reopen the ...

2024 North Central Area ISU Extension and Outreach award winners

MASON CITY — Iowa State University Extension and Outreach North Central Area Awards Ceremony was held on Jan. 16. The county offices in the north central area announced award recipients for outstanding achievements in 2023. Awards were submitted in November of 2023 and judged by the awards ...