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, ...
The South Tama County school board reviewed multiple offers on district-owned properties Monday night, including the old football field in Toledo, tennis courts and greenspace east of the old middle school, and a vacant lot in Tama. The district received three bids from H&H Housing LLC, ...
If you’re into man-eating plants and foot-tapping musical numbers, then you should get to the Wieting Theater April 9-11. The South Tama High School students are putting on the classic musical “Little Shop of Horrors" this year. This Roger Corman classic brings on a whole new vibes as ...
At Monday night’s school board meeting, many veteran teachers occupied public comments voicing their support for the cash-in-lieu of insurance benefit program that has been the subject of debate amongst the board in recent weeks. Speaking first was Joy Schirmer, an instructional coach ...
CLUTIER – The Clutier Alumni Association will meet on Saturday, April 11, 2026, for the annual banquet at the Clutier Legion Hall. Social hour begins at 4 p.m., with dinner following at 6 p.m. BYOB. The Clutier Public Library will be open from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. for alumni who would like ...
In two separate closed sessions after the regular session of the STC school board, the contracts of Dustin Schuett and Dina Keahna were terminated. Schuett served as a maintenance technician while Keahna was the 9th-10th grade school counselor. The motions, provided to the News Chronicle by ...