This week's Tama city council meeting was sparsely attended. In front of a crowd of two, the council started out approving a resolution to set the property rate public hearing for March 24 at 5:30. Next up, the council approved the first pay request for the 5th Street project in the amount of ...
TAMA COUNTY – Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) continue to impact Iowa’s deer population, prompting ongoing surveillance and management efforts by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Experts, including Catherine Cummings (Iowa State ...
TOLEDO – Did you know that Iowa has a unique funding source for free or low-cost annual testing of private wells? Or that some water pollutants are odorless, tasteless and will not be removed by boiling water? If you’re curious about the answers to these questions, then take advantage of an ...
The newest Tama Police Officer doesn't carry a badge because he doesn't need to. He's all hair and teeth with puppy dog eyes and walks with a four-legged strut that would make a poodle bark. I am talking about Creed, Tama PD's new K9 officer. To talk about Creed, you must also talk about ...
TOLEDO – Fallout from the wind energy moratorium adopted in early January by the new five-member Tama County Board of Supervisors now includes a lawsuit brought against both the board and Tama County by the developers behind the Salt Creek Wind project. Earlier this month on Feb. 5, Salt ...
As the South Tama County board of education approved personnel at Monday’s meeting, smiles came across the faces of Jennifer Nelson and Joseph Otten. Nelson was hired as the new middle school principal and Otten as the assistant principal. Currently, both are working in the Marshalltown ...
As the wondrous face of spring was delightfully glimpsed on Monday, many went back into the fray of another Tama County Supervisors meeting. It was another week of experimentation, trial and error, and electronic exploration as live-streaming with the Owl device was again attempted. Glitches ...
This week's Toledo City Council meeting was another blink-and-you-'ll-miss-it affair. A lone item sat on the agenda and was approved rather easily. A public hearing for the City of Toledo FY26 proposed tax levy rate was set for March 24. Toledo Police Chief Dan Quigley reported that between ...
DES MOINES – More than 3,100 acres of Iowa land in 24 counties with an estimated value of more than $7.6 million was permanently protected through donations for conservation including land in Tama County. The donors associated with 23 donations of land or land value will be recognized ...
TOLEDO – Tama County’s 911 communications director and his now former employer have parted ways. Jeremy Cremeans voluntarily entered into a severance agreement with the Tama County E-911 Service Board on Jan. 31, 2025 – an agreement that upon signature “immediately and completely” ...