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Join the search for Iowa’s endangered bumble bee

Did you know that Iowa is home to the endangered rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis)? Named after the rusty patch centrally located on the backs of workers and males, but not queens, the rusty patched bumble bee once occupied grasslands and tallgrass prairies in the Upper Midwest and ...

Kacee Hamor visits friend in Spain- Was exchange student in Hamor’s home

For graduation, Kacee Hamor received a very special gift, a month long vacation to Spain. Hamor's family hosted international student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, who is from Spain, at South Tama during the 2016-17 school year. The two girls had not seen each other since Fernandez-Garcia's departure ...

Successful Otter Creek Kids Camp

Iowa Valley Continuing Education ??is continuing its goals to reach out to local communities and provide what they need and want most. On Thursday, July 12, IVCE offered the first Otter Creek Kids Camp in Toledo. The one-day camp was a huge success, with 45 children participating.Classes ...

Toledo High School Class of 1959 reunion

The 1959 graduates of Toledo High School held a reunion on Saturday, July 14, 2018, at Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel convention center, with ten classmates attending. The reunion was titled "Class of 59, 59 Years Later."The Class of 1959 had 57 members graduating. Since graduation, 13 members of ...

Czech Heritage tonight – Wednesday, Aug. 1- in Toledo

The Tama County Historical Society will host artist and Czech cultural practitioner Sonya Darrow for a multimedia presentation on Czech-American heritage and traditions tonight, Wednesday, Aug. 1, at 7 p.m. The presentation will take place across the street from the museum in the First ...

Meet and Greet new South Tama admniistrators

New South Tama Elementary Principal Brad Schweppe reaches out to shake hands with 2nd grade student Jayden Hiles with Jayden's mother, Alisha, Toledo, at right during a "Meet and Greet" for the new South Tama administrators on Thursday, July 26, at the Elementary School in Tama. Behind Schweppe ...

Marshalltown Community college adds a pair of full-time athletic trainers

MARSHALLTOWN The Iowa Valley Community College District Board of Directors approved a three-year agreement with Select Physical Therapy of Des Moines to provide two full-time athletic trainers for Marshalltown Community College when it met this week. The athletic trainers will provide ...

Toledo Library “Stuff the Bus”

Madi Gilbert, along with Grandma Teri Goodhart are ready to help support our schools through the Stuff the Bus effort taking place throughout our communities. Bring in new school supplies to the Toledo Public Library and have your fines removed. Stuff the Bus is taking place at many local ...

Presentation on Czech Heritage, Culture in Iowa set for Aug. 1

The Tama County Historical Society will host artist and Czech cultural practitioner Sonya Darrow for a multimedia presentation on Czech-American heritage and traditions on Wednesday, Aug. 1, at 7 p.m. The presentation will take place across the street from the museum in the First Presbyterian ...

Tama Ambulance will help “Stuff the Bus”

Donations for South Tama School supplies will be collected by the Tama Ambulance Service members on Aug. 4 in the Shopko parking lot in Toledo.Crew members will take supplies between 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.