It could be history in the making: the joining of the Tama and Toledo Police Departments into one. Join all relevant parties on Thursday, Aug. 27, at 5 p.m. at the Toledo Reinig Center to ask questions, give opinions, and see what it’s all about. The proposed merger will have the cities of ...
After the sun woke up and slipped out of bed high into the sky, the warm morning started with a battalion of citizens heading to this week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting on Monday. Confusion seems to have been the predominant feeling in the meeting, as no one seemed to have a firm grasp ...
South Tama County school board members spent a lengthy portion of their Aug. 17 meeting discussing chronic absenteeism, including whether the district should seek greater involvement from the Tama County Attorney’s Office when students repeatedly fail to attend school. The conversation came ...
It’s not just a simple management shift for the local board of supervisors; no, this is one of those historic moments that needs to be recorded and remembered for the posterity of Tama County. The first elected woman to the Tama County Board of Supervisors is now the first female chair of the ...
The sun was high in the sky, beating down on the morning like Cassius Clay in the third round. The Tama County Supervisors meeting started with the board being served a petition during the public comments time. The petition was to place a public measure on the November ballot to decrease the ...
The Toledo City Council had a blink and you’d miss it meeting this week. If you kept your eyes peeled, you’d have seen STC Activities Director Chelsea Ahrens talk to the council. After some discussion, the council approved using part of the Mansfield Grant money for the South Baseball field ...
DES MOINES — The State Library of Iowa announced that the Tama Public Library has met the conditions for state accreditation as outlined in “In Service to Iowa: Public Library Standards Sixth Edition.” Achieving accreditation requires a significant, ongoing local commitment to high ...
Monday’s lovely summer evening brought the Tama City Council meeting, which started a tad late as council member Larry Thomas came in a smidge tardy and out of breath from work. Once the gavel was tapped, the meeting went off and flying, first hearing a few public comments. The first ...
As the morning dew sparkled and glittered on the blades of grass, the sun rose anew and brought together the usual batch of outspoken citizens to witness this week’s rhapsody in bureaucracy at the Tama County Supervisor meeting. The roads report was given, mentioning blading, fixing washouts, ...
The tentative start date to begin breaking up the existing pavement is Aug. 10. Once that begins, the pavement will have exposed metal rebar and will not be drivable. The contractor will then prep the surface, and asphalt paving will begin. This will take until mid to late October. At some ...