After this reporter showed up 15 minutes late to the Tuesday, May 30 Tama County Supervisors meeting, I sat at my little table as everyone in the room talked amongst themselves. Topics of discussion varied widely but mostly centered around events that happened over the long weekend. The ...

Multiple were in attendance at the Toledo City Council meeting on May 22nd. One of the big issues discussed was the possibility of a South Tama Community School Resource Officer. Tama Police Chief Bina was in attendance as well as South Tama Community School Superintendent John Cain, both ...

At the May 22nd Tama County Supervisors meeting, a new bench for the courthouse lawn was approved. The bench will be granite and in honor of the Toledo Public School. Toledo Public School classes of 1958-1962 are paying for the new bench. The exact location on the courthouse lawn is yet ...

It was at least week’s Toledo City Council meeting that Toledo resident Mark Doland got up to speak. Doland, a community advocate for the Marshalltown Police and Community Team, or MPACT, talked about the possibility of such a program coming to Tama-Toledo. Doland has over 25 years of ...

At the Monday, May 15, Tama City Council meeting, the possibility of a School Resource Officer was discussed, and it was eventually decided to get more information before anything was done. It was also told by Chief Bina that a supervisor from the 6th Judicial Juvenile Court informed him that ...

"The last time that I had talked to Brent Heeren about the legal processes going on over here, he told me, he said it's all political, he says I want nothing to do with it," Supervisor Bill Faircloth said at Monday’s Tama County Supervisors meeting. The statement was made during the ...

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO — Tama Mayor Doug Ray recently signed the proclamation for poppy distribution to begin during the Lincoln Highway Days, coming up this weekend. Brenda Youngbear, American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Chairman, looked on and approved. The proclamation reads as follows: “I, ...

TOLEDO — Utility scale solar energy and whether such systems should take root in Tama County was the topic of discussion during a subdued 90-minute public hearing held Wednesday evening in Toledo by the Tama County Board of Supervisors. Just after 6 p.m., Supervisor Bill Faircloth stepped ...

Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson’s district county tour found its way to Tama on Monday morning when she met with students and administration at the Meskwaki Settlement Schools. As the only federally recognized Native American tribe in Iowa, Hinson indicated Monday’s visit was ...

The Tama County Board of Adjustment met last Wednesday, May 3, to discuss the repowering of the Vienna wind farm located near Gladbrook. Only three of the five members were present for the meeting. The Vienna wind farm has been operating for nearly 10 years with 20 turbines sitting on the ...