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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
TAMA COUNTY – Tama County Master Gardeners and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Tama County invite farmers and gardeners to once again “Grow A Row for Tama County—Backyard Gardeners Fighting Hunger” in 2026. Now entering its sixth year, the campaign encourages residents ...
DES MOINES — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird congratulated Officer Owen Eli on his graduation from the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy (“ILEA”) in a ceremony held at Rising Sun Church of Christ in Pleasant Hill on April 24. Officer Eli was part of the 326th graduating class and completed ...
This week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting started with a public comment discussion on the current traffic in the county and the detours dictating said traffic. When they moved on to the actual meeting, they kicked it off with the roads report, stating that rock is being hauled and chloride ...
At Monday night’s South Tama County school board meeting, many projects continued moving forward. The board set a public hearing for May 26 regarding the sale of a vacant lot in Tama, the tennis courts in Toledo, as well as the old football field east of the old middle school. ...
This week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting started a little oddly. Chairman Mark Doland attended the meeting via the phone, hearing some static feedback on the call. Supervisor David Turner asked Doland if he had the radio on or anything. Chairman Doland responded with, “I’ve got nothing ...
Although he was late, he was still at the top of the agenda; Jim Roan gave an update on the bandstand project to the Toledo City Council. The project will hopefully be completed by June 1. A temporary embargo on heavy vehicles was approved by the council due to the current detour. A ...