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Government

A swift meeting

On a warm Tuesday morning, the usual partygoers filed into the supervisor's meeting room refreshed from the long weekend. Supervisor Curt Kupka was absent, so the supervisors skipped over the road projects report. The supervisors then went on to accept the bids for the trucks for the Engineer ...

Chickens don’t fly, but dogs s***

This week’s headline was directly taken from Toledo Council member Joe Boll. Boll suggested the headline as it brought together two of the topics they discussed at this week’s meeting. The chickens were a reference to Eunice Avalos, who requested to have chickens and goats on her property. ...

Four Tama County Treasurer hopefuls take questions during candidate forum

The four Republican candidates seeking the office of Tama County Treasurer gathered for a forum held at the Tama Civic Center on Tuesday night and fielded questions from moderators Mark Doland and David Turner, both current Tama County Supervisors, before a crowd of approximately 60 people. ...

Sunny Monday: This week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting

On a sunny Monday morning, the usual group assembled for this week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting. After some public comments, the meeting moved on to the engineer's report, which stated that they are touching up the chloride on K Avenue. They hauled rock and started the regrade on F ...

Old Middle School bid received, upcoming board vacancy announced

At Monday’s school board meeting, progress was made in the search for a buyer of the old middle school, Superintendent John Cain announced to the board. “I believe we’ve got a bid, that we’ll talk about a little bit later,” he said, alluding to the closed session following the ...

EMS discussions at this week’s Tama City Council Meeting

EMS was the subject of multiple agenda items at this week’s Tama City Council meeting. The council was informed about some small repairs on unit 241 and a new brush guard that was attached. The council approved a few new members for EMS staffing as well, pending volunteer approval. The ...

Toledo officers receive commendations at city council meeting

The Toledo Police Department took the spotlight at this week’s Toledo City Council meeting. Toledo Police Chief Dan Quigley awarded three of his officers, Igor Dias, Andrew Bunce, and Nathan Wunn, with special commendations. Quigley talked about giving this recognition. “Public ...

Ten percent cut: This week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting

Chairman Mark Doland was absent this week, so the second in charge, Supervisor Heather Knebel, ran the meeting this bright Monday morning. Kicking off the meeting with the roads report, it was said that rocking and chloride will be done this week, and they plan on reblading K Avenue weekly. A ...