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Education

Toledo native Kevin Cooper named School Conservation Teacher of the Year

Rural Toledo native and 1978 graduate of South Tama Hgih School, Kevin Cooper is not only a teacher and Nevada, Iowa, High School's FFA advisor, but also a landowner and farmer. He has been named 2019 state winner as Conservation Teacher of the Year representing the Story county Soil and Water ...

September is Preparedness Month in Iowa

DES MOINES - Gov. Kim Reynolds has proclaimed September as Preparedness Month in Iowa to urge Iowans to take steps now to prepare for emergencies and disasters.Joyce Flinn, director of the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEMD), said recent severe weather and ...

To add South Tama first grade classroom

Over 20 students in each of five South Tama Elementary School 1st grade classrooms in Tama has resulted in the addition of a sixth room in the weeks just after the fall session got underway.Meeting in special session Tuesday evening, Sept. 3, the school board decided on a 4-0 voice vote to ...

Board mulls bond issue for new STC Middle School, PPEL vote

Whether to put up a bond issue proposal for up to $20 million to pay a new South Tama school building along with other school improvements and should they call for another vote on a physical plant and equipment levy (PPEL) Those questions were before the South Tama School Board in a work ...

Iowa Valley approves $4.3 million training for Lennox

The Iowa Valley Community College District (IVCCD) Board of Directors approved a $4.3 million Industrial New Jobs Training Agreement with Lennox Industries of Marshalltown when it met last week. The training agreement will provide training for 750 Lennox employees and assist the company in its ...

Second Lincoln Hwy. Military Tour to pass through Friday

Another 2019 Military Centennial tour is set to pass through Tama County with a Tama photo stop at the Lincoln Highway Bridge on East 5th Street this Friday, Sept. 6. It looks like the tour will begin arriving in Tama County sometime from early afternoon on if the tentative schedule is ...

STC School Board special meeting on elem. class size set

The South Tama School Board scheduled a special session on Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 5:30 p.m. to take possible action to add a classroom for either 1st or 3rd grade at the elementary school in Tama.Just before the fall school term began the board learned preliminary student numbers exceeded 20 per ...

National Military Convoy at Tama

he The convoy departed from Washington, D.C., on Aug. 11, and will travel the highway to San Francisco.In 1919, the US Army decided to proceed with a plan to traverse the newly-formed Lincoln Highway with the objectives to say "thanks" to the American public for their support during WWI, put ...

September is National Library Card Month

Love Libraries Many Iowans do!! There are 1.9 million library card holders in the state of Iowa. You can show your support of libraries by visiting them, borrowing items, attending a program, providing a program, displaying your art or collection, becoming a trustee, shopping the book sale, ...