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Education

Evacuation and reunification drill at STC

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 ...

Annual Tama County Government Day event held

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, ...

School board continues working towards property sales

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, ...

Feed Me!

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 ...

Veteran STC employees speak on cash-in-lieu benefit

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 Alumni banquet set for April 11 at Post home

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 ...

Two employees terminated, Cain provides old middle school updates

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 ...

Werner, Murty announced as 2026 Tama SWCD scholarship winners

TOLEDO – Each year, Tama Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) partners with Conservation Districts of Iowa (CDI) to help foster the higher education endeavors of Iowa high school seniors beginning college studies in natural resources or agriculture. Tama SWCD selects one applicant ...

Music Boosters hold bake sale for Deane family following housefire

Support for the Deane family was on full display Tuesday evening as members of the South Tama community gathered for a bake sale organized by the STC Music Boosters. Held prior to the annual Parade of Bands concert in the South Tama County High School cafeteria, the fundraiser brought ...