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Education

Camp Creamery registration underway for Wieting

Registration for the 7th Camp Creamery workshop for kids begins this week. The Wieting Theatre is the host for this annual event which is under the direction of the Creamery Theatre Company in Amana.Children entering second grade and up are all eligible for this year's production of "Calamity ...

Six-on-Six Girls’ Basketball program at Historical Society Wed, April 3

The Tama County Historical Society will host a program on Iowa's six-on-six girls basketball legacy on Wednesday, April 3, beginning at 7 p.m. in the genealogical library, 200 N. Broadway, Toledo. The Humanities Iowa program is free and open to the public.For most of the 20th century, Iowa was ...

$32 million bond issue before voters April 2

By John SpeerEditorjspeer@tamatoledonews.com"We're simply at a point a lot has to be replaced," Iowa Valley Community College District Chancellor Christopher Duree told The News-Herald / Chronicle and Marshalltown Times -Republican in a Feb. 28 meeting to explain the April 2, $32 million bond ...

Pair of new art courses to be offered at STC

Two new course offerings for art were approved by the South Tama School Board on Monday,March 18.Art teacher Nathan Doran requested adding the courses Drawing and Painting 2 and Advanced Art.The drawing and painting course description is "students have the opportunity to expand on drawing and ...

South Tama County STEM Festival set for April 7

Young and old, male or female, there will be something for everyone at the South Tama County Family STEM Festival. The event will be held on Sunday, April 7 from 1- 4 p.m. at the South Tama Elementary School.The goals of the festival are to promote, inspire and engage youth in Science, ...

STC speech students perform at Kiwanis

At the March 13 Kiwanis meeting, members were treated to performances by some of the individual speech contestants. Their coach, Katie Murphy, said that the individual speech team earned 15 division I ratings out of 21 entrants - a very impressive showing. She said they have yet to find out ...

Eat Well- Stay Independent at Tama Senior Center

Learn about the health benefits of eating well and moving more; sample healthy, tasty, low-cost recipes and exchange ideas to help meet your health goals by attending Stay Independent, a nutrition and wellness program from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.This four week series ...

Day is Tuesday for eagle program

The Return of the Bald Eagles will be presented by photographer and author Ty Smedes at the Toledo Public Library on Tuesday, March 26 at 7 p.m.The public is invited to attend this free program with registration with the library by Monday, March 25.

Art Lab at the Toledo Library

Painting on canvas is always a fun and creative time during Art Lab at the Toledo Library. This group all painted a bunny to get us into the mood for spring! Each painting is unique and some even have names given to them. These paintings will be on display through April 12th. Stop into the ...

Hearing set April 8 for $23.4 million South Tama County Schools budget

With a proposed $23,429,880 total spending for the 2019-20 fiscal year, a spending increase of 7.13 percent over the current year re-estimated budget is seen for the South Tama School District. While the budget figure is $1,588,577 more, property taxpayers will actually pay 78 cents less per ...