The South Tama County Community School District is exploring a potential partnership with Marshalltown Community College (MCC) that could bring new career and technical education opportunities to students at South Tama County High School. During the Monday school board meeting, Superintendent ...
They all wandered alone, traveling separately, over dead leaves and under balding trees to come and congregate so as to meditate on the issues of the day at this week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting. The meeting started like most, with the roads report. The new Engineer, who is ...
The Tama City Council meeting started by snapping through agenda items left and right. They started by hiring a new deputy city clerk, Abbigail Patrick, setting her wage at $20 an hour, and making her a signer on all city accounts, replacing former deputy clerk Sierra Berger. EMS talked about ...
They met first thing in the morning on Oct. 1, loaded into a bus, and took off on a classic ol’ road trip. There were county supervisors, mayors, regular citizens, and political candidates filling the seats. So, where were they all going? Stanton, a local economic marvel in southwest Iowa. ...
A new initiative known as Thrive Iowa is taking root in Marshall and Tama counties, and on Wednesday, the professionals behind the program met with civic leaders, social workers and law enforcement to map out how it will look locally and plan the next steps. In Tama County, that collective ...
This week’s Toledo City Council meeting was chock-full of public hearings. It started with a hearing on the sale of vacated public right of way a.k.a. Parcel M, which is located at the intersection of South Broadway and Business Highway 30 East. There were no comments, and the council ...
Once the switch for the sun was flipped on and Monday began, those usual meeting goers made their way to the Tama County Supervisors meeting. The meeting started with a lengthy exempt session that had a group loitering in the hall, waiting for the regular meeting to start. The roads ...
This week’s Tama City Council meeting started with an update on a nuisance property, and they decided to extend the deadline for the property's cleanup. Next up, there were two public hearings, the first being for the water plant. With no comment, the council approved the environmental ...
As the sun shone down on a chilly Monday, locals waltzed through the breeze over crunching leaves to this week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting. The roads department reported dealing with the rain and washouts. They’ve also been hauling rock, mowing, and are planning to get the durapatcher ...
GRUNDY CENTER – A Tama County Sheriff’s deputy who was arrested and charged last month in Grundy County with operating under the influence has been placed on paid administrative leave. “[W]e are aware that a Tama County Sheriff's Office deputy was arrested for OWI in another county. ...