TOLEDO – History was made in Tama County this past Tuesday evening when voters elected a woman to the board of supervisors for the first time ever. Running unopposed on the Nov. 5 general election ballot for Tama County Supervisor District 3, Heather Knebel, a 35-year-old Republican from ...
A direct ballot initiative specific to all Tama County voters was passed in Tuesday's election with overwhelming support. The measure was to make EMS an essential service of the county and creating a 75 cent levy to fund the program. To be implemented the measure needed a total of 60% ...
TOLEDO - The long-awaited day has come and gone. Tuesday saw Tama County residents strolling under rain leaking clouds to cast their votes. Sitting at a table beneath a partition like they're taking at school, locals voted not only for president but for bond issues and supervisors. The ...
If you blinked, you may have missed this week's Tama City Council meeting, as it was over in a flash. The meeting kicked off with a discussion of replacing the pool's boiler. The current boiler in use at the pool has been going downhill for years and is held together with bandaids and chewing ...
TOLEDO - Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County office will host a Fumigation Continuing Instruction Course for commercial and private pesticide applicators on Nov. 19. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program can be seen at ...
This week's dark gloomy Monday morning saw the regular group of meeting goers stacked into the Supervisors room. First up on this week's agenda was Dianna Cowan with a tax sale property. After some discussion, the supervisors approved the Clutier property sale to Cowan for a portion of the tax ...
A little over a year after officials with the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) began the process of reducing Highway 63 through Tama and Toledo from four to three lanes, they held a public meeting to discuss another major change on the horizon at one of the busiest intersections in ...
DYSART – U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) held a roundtable in Dysart on Tuesday, Oct. 22, welcoming Iowa Sec. of Agriculture Mike Naig, area farmers, and several elected officials to Tama-Benton Cooperative to discuss what she feels is America’s greatest national asset – ...
NEWS CHRONICLE PHOTOS BY MICHAEL AMBULANCE DAVIS — The lights were flashing and the monsters were lined up on the grass. The 2024 Trunk or Treat put on by Tama County 911 Saturday was stepped up this year as not only local emergency vehicles were present, but a helicopter. The University of ...
TOLEDO - Fall is here so mark those calendars. On Nov. 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., the library will host its annual Fall Soup Luncheon. Stop by for a warm bowl of soup and a delicious treat. This is a free will donation luncheon to help support the library foundation. Everyone is welcome.