The city of Toledo has reached a fourth and final settlement with an individual who alleged that former Police Officer Kyle Howe used excessive force against him during a 2023 traffic stop. According to documents shared with the News Chronicle, 28-year-old Issaias Romero will receive a gross ...
A $221 million ITC Midwest electrical transmission line will be constructed running between the Morgan Valley substation in Linn County southwest of Fairfax and the currently under construction Twinkle substation on the east edge of Marshalltown after the Iowa Utilities Commission (IUC) ...
This week’s Tama County Supervisor meeting was punctuated by the odd cough and sneeze as Supervisor Curt Hilmer still fought to get over his cold. Poor Hilmer even got a start and jumped at the sudden dial tone when they attempted to reach insurance man Skip Lowe. The meeting started as it ...
This week’s Toledo City Council meeting started with the official approval of the 28E agreement with the county for the Toledo Bandstand. With that, the council moved on to the second agenda item. The council approved releasing three old liens, and just as swiftly moved on to agenda item ...
The proposed sale of the old STC middle school is officially no more as both interested parties, George Duncan, with his company Southfork Premier Properties LLC in Meadville, Mo., and Mike Kovalrachik, of Sherman Oaks, Calif., have pulled their bid from the properties. This was confirmed in an ...
Last week’s Toledo City Council meeting started with the approval of a resolution for more stop signs. This time, the stop signs will be placed on Church Street facing North and South. The council approved entering into a continued 5-year lease agreement with GigFire from 2025 to 2030. The ...
The supervisors all made tracks as they made their way through the snow to make their way to this week’s regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting was kicked off by Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske giving his weekly report, saying that the PCI Bridge project on S Avenue is finished and open. ...
This week’s Tama City Council meeting started with a bark and a howl as the first item on the agenda was a shelter house for the dog park. The council approved the purchase of a “cattle shed lean-to” at a price of $4,050. The council approved an update to the culvert repair and ...
With the potential sale of the former middle school looming, the STC board room was full for Monday’s meeting. Nearly 40 community members were present, and more joined via Google Meet when the STC school board voted unanimously to table the potential sale of three parcels of land to ...
This week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting kicked off right after Supervisor David Turner got back from his pre-meeting bathroom break. Ben Daleske, the Tama County Engineer, gave his report, saying that they’ve been stockpiling rock in Chelsea, and they’ve been receiving rock from Salt ...