It was a dark gray Monday, as the sky was reflected in the colors of a shallow puddle that rippled with every drop of morning rain. This week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting started with the usual roads report stating that they are brush cutting, hydroseeding, hauling rock, blading, and ...
The Toledo Council was down to the skeleton crew, as only Joe Boll, Steve Vesely, and Duane Pansegrau were present. Boll kicked off the meeting with a sports metaphor and a reminder to keep things short and sweet. Following that opening statement, Matt Zmolek made a presentation to the council ...
MARSHALLTOWN — About a month ago, the Iowa Valley Community College District (IVCCD), which serves Marshall, Tama, Hardin and Poweshiek counties and includes campuses in Marshalltown, Iowa Falls and Grinnell, was announced as one of just 11 community colleges in the entire country — and ...
As superintendent John Cain prepares for retirement at the end of the school year, the South Tama County School board has moved closer to choosing his successor. During Monday’s board meeting, the board reviewed proposals for potentially contracting search firms to facilitate the hire. ...
After hitting snooze on the alarm once or twice, the week got started on Tuesday instead of Monday, with Labor Day giving everyone a late start to the week. The Tama County Supervisors’ meeting kicked off a day late, with only a few items on the agenda. Two utility permits, and both of them ...
IOWA – Iowa farmers interested in signing up for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) have until Sept. 25 to apply to be considered for 2027 funding. Administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources ...
The mayors sat side by side at the pinnacle of the table, the leaders of two towns coming together for the interest of the greater community last Thursday night. The Police Chiefs sat to the right, elbow to elbow, ready to answer questions. All other interested parties, the city councils, ...
Rural law enforcement officials from across central Iowa used a roundtable with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) last Thursday to raise concerns about mental health services, staffing, grant access, state policy, and the growing number of responsibilities falling on small ...
After the light switch was flipped and the sun lit up on a muggy, humid summer morning full of sweat-slicked humans, the usual bunch of bureaucratic rubberneckers made their way to this week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting. Things began with the roads report, which stated that they are ...
There's no sign, no painted line, no fence, but if you’ve lived here long enough, you know where it is, the point where Tama starts and Toledo ends, the invisible border. For the Tama and Toledo Police Departments, that little line has been a very important detail for decades, but soon, ...