Have you ever seen 10 police officers speak in unison? Well, if you were at this week’s special Tama and Toledo joint council meeting, you would have seen just that. Toledo Mayor Brian Sokol and Tama Mayor Danny Robinson signed a ceremonial 28E agreement to mark the official start of the ...
AREA – Through a combination walking tour and Q&A, a handful of Tama County communities will soon learn more about their Main Streets’ strengths and weaknesses as well as how to go about using such information to further vitalize downtown and attract customers. “The Downtown ...
The sun lit the morning sky, guiding all to the start of another day, and some to this week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting. The dispute between the supervisors and the Secondary Roads Union saw two updates this week. The first was the supervisors taking limited action ratifying negotiated ...
TOLEDO – As the Democrats claimed extraordinary victories nationwide Tuesday night in the midterm general election — including capturing both chambers of Congress by healthy margins and flipping several governor’s seats, including Iowa and Texas — a group of Tama County residents was ...
Despite his closest election since 2012, Republican State Rep. Dean Fisher of Montour has won another term representing House District 53, defeating Democratic challenger Berleen Wobeter of rural Toledo in Tuesday's general election. According to preliminary results from the Iowa Secretary ...
Four years after an unsuccessful bid for Tama County Treasurer, Kathy Holtz of Toledo has won the office, unseating incumbent Amanda Kriegel of Tama in Tuesday's general election. According to unofficial results from the Tama County Auditor's Office, Holtz, the Republican nominee, received ...
It’s a pivotal moment in the history of Tama County Public Health and Home Care as the agency celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2026 and welcomes new director Kelly Purk as questions linger over whether the Home Care half of the organization will continue to receive public funding in the ...
At Monday’s South Tama County school board meeting, Business Manager Katie Mathern provided the board with five-year financial projections. Main concerns centered around declining enrollment which in turn lowers the amount of state funding the district receives. Around $8,000 per student is ...
This week’s Tama City Council meeting was 90% EMS as they discussed the ins and outs of many of the issues. However, before they could get to EMS the subject of a nuisance property came up, which has seen some improvement, but not enough. The council approved going back to the lawyer to ...
It was a dark and rainy morning, one in which you would expect to see Gene Kelly dancing off a lamppost or singing in a puddle, but mostly you just saw the usual group making their way to this week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting. Several subjects were touched upon during the meeting, but ...