Monday night's school board meeting was short and sweet with little on the agenda. Both Joe Hanus and Megan Thiessen were once again absent leaving the decisions to be made by only three of five board members. With no presentations or public comments, the board moved right through the agenda. ...
AMES — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced a new state-funded conservation cost-share pilot project supporting farmers and landowners in the watersheds upstream from the Des Moines and Cedar Rapids metropolitan areas. The Streamside Buffer Initiative encourages farmers and ...
As rain pelted down on Monday morning, it dampened the heads of those heading to the weekly Tama County Supervisors meeting. The rain made sure to fall on the head of government officials and paupers alike as Chairman Mark Doland walked in with wet squeaking shoes. The public comment time ...
The former Tama County human resources manager and insurance administrator who claims she was wrongfully terminated by the new board of supervisors and the outside HR specialist they hired will take her arguments to court in a jury trial next August, according to publicly available court ...
This week’s Tama City Council meeting was filled with haunts and scares, and I’m not talking about the council members themselves, but of Purk’s Haunted House. Kelly Purk addressed the council to get permission to move her annual haunted house into the old papermill warehouse. Purk ...
TOLEDO — The city of Toledo has officially reached two more settlements with plaintiffs who alleged that former Police Officer Kyle Howe used excessive force against them during arrests at their homes. According to documents shared with the newspaper, Cynthia McSweeney and the law firm ...
It's official, there is a new EMS Director in town. At this week's Toledo Council meeting, longtime paramedic and assistant director, Jesse Brown, was hired as the new Toledo EMS Director, starting at a salary of $62,000. After a six-month probation period, Browns will receive a $2,000 wage ...
As the morning dew reflected the bright, new day sunlight shining overhead, only a couple of regulars decided to show up for this week's Tama County Supervisors meeting, making it a sparse crowd. The meeting was punctuated by an approximately hour-long closed session where those few in ...
A man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported was sentenced today to 92 days in prison. Yoni Omar Alvarado-Gomes, also known as Jhonny Ramos Campos, 35, a citizen of Honduras, received the prison term after a May 28 guilty plea to one count of being found in the ...
Members of the Hometown Action Team (HAT), local leaders, and community supporters gathered in Tama Park last week to celebrate a milestone five years in the making: the successful completion of the fundraising campaign for the Safe Routes to School project. In just over 100 days, the ...