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Approved and moved on: This Week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting

This week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting took little time as they moved swiftly through the agenda. First up was the roads report; among other things, they are cutting brush, shouldering, mowing, and ditching. It was approved for termination letters to be sent out to the county land ...

Quick and to the point: This week’s Toledo City Council meeting

This week’s Toledo City Council meeting started with setting the date for a public hearing to sell property. The parcel of land in question is near the recycling area, and they set the public hearing for Aug. 24. Next up was the FY26 City of Toledo Annual Financial Report review; it was ...

Public Health and Home Care receives donation from American Legion Foundation

Tama County Public Health and Home Care is grateful to be a recipient of a $1,000 grant from the American Legion of Iowa Foundation. The grant will support the agency’s rural health bridge project, which provides education and in home support services to maternal health families, low-income ...

Celebrating kids who ‘do the right thing’

TAMA COUNTY – Tama County Sheriff Casey Schmidt is ready to go big — really big — for area students. “I want this to be a completely over-the-top, special, make-a-big-deal-about-this award ceremony. Hopefully leave an impact on the kids,” Sheriff Schmidt told the newspaper earlier ...

From chief to citizen

After a decade of dedicated service as the City of Tama Police Chief, Jason Bina has resigned due to his health. Chief Bina leaves behind 21 years in law enforcement. Bina made his start in law enforcement in 2005 and started with the City of Tama Police Department in 2011. Bina temporarily ...

STC Superintendent John Cain announces 2027 retirement

Despite incoming weather, the South Tama school board convened for their second monthly meeting on Monday. Posted on the agenda in the personnel section, was the resignation of Superintendent John Cain, which will go in effect at the end of the upcoming school year on June 30, 2027. Cain ...

Electric Motorcycle Accident Leads to Discussion

At around 10 p.m. on July 18, there was a collision between an electric motorcycle and an SUV at the intersection of West 7th Street and McClellan Street in Tama. Preliminary investigation suggests that two juveniles failed to obey a stop sign while traveling west on the electric motorcycle ...

The biggest beaver: This week’s Tama City Council meeting

The most interesting item on this week’s Tama City Council agenda was the resignation of Tama Police Chief Jason Bina. This agenda item was approved with little comment and discussion. The meeting started with some Tama County Emergency Management’s Ryan Goodenbour talking to the council ...

Weeds and flowers: This week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting

With the sun laid out about the sky like the broken yolk of a fried egg, ushering in another summer morning, people gathered for the weekly Tama County Supervisors meeting on Monday. Citizens discussed the prevalence of weeds and flowers and the beauty, annoyance, and containment of such plants ...

Barely a quorum: This week’s Toledo City Council Meeting

This week’s Toledo City Council meeting barely had a quorum as only council members Cook, Vesley, and Boll were present. Mayor Pro Tem Boll led the meeting and slid through the meeting with ease, bouncing off agenda items as they came. The meeting kicked off with Alex Martinez, who ...