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Education

Tama County 4-H delivers a summer of discovery, creativity, and community

TOLEDO – From fishing poles to paintbrushes, LEGOs to recipes, Tama County 4-H offered a whirlwind of summer adventures that brought youth together for hands-on learning, laughter, and leadership. Thank you to the youth and partners who participated! This year’s lineup of camps and ...

‘A promise to our kids and the future’

TOLEDO — After years of planning, failed bond attempts, leadership transitions, and years of construction, leaders of the South Tama County Community School District officially cut the ribbon on the new middle school in Toledo — the former Iowa Juvenile Home — on Thursday ...

Taking flight

A new era in local education began on Monday as the South Tama County Middle School officially opened to students and staff on the former Iowa Juvenile Home campus, and the newly established, nondenominational Tama-Toledo Christian School (TTCS) welcomed 33 students in grades K-8 for the first ...

A short and speedy STC school board meeting

Monday night's school board meeting was short and sweet with little on the agenda. Both Joe Hanus and Megan Thiessen were once again absent leaving the decisions to be made by only three of five board members. With no presentations or public comments, the board moved right through the agenda. ...

Toledo schools: A long history on the same block

TOLEDO – The site of today’s South Tama County Middle School has been home to Toledo’s schools for nearly 170 years. Since the mid-19th century, each generation of students has attended classes on the same block at Green and Carleton Streets, even as the buildings themselves have ...

Miss Lacy’s Preschool fundraises for new playground

A lemonade stand might sound simple, but at Miss Lacy’s Preschool it’s part of something much bigger: a community effort to build a brand-new playground for local preschoolers. The private program, run by teacher Lacy Starits, has been operating in Toledo for four years and serves ...

Stuff the Bus continues supporting South Tama students

The Tama-Toledo Chamber of Commerce is in the midst of its annual Stuff the Bus school supply drive, giving local students a head start on the upcoming school year. Chamber business partners are serving as drop-off locations for community members who wish to donate new school supplies. The ...

Haul Out Hunger returns with record pork donations to Iowa food pantries

WEST DES MOINES — This summer, the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation and Iowa Select Farms will distribute more than 39,000 pounds of ground pork as a part of the Haul Out Hunger program. A record 130 food pantries in 97 communities throughout Iowa will receive the pork to fight food insecurity ...