TOLEDO - The biggest area of discussion at Monday morning's bright and early Supervisors meeting was the agenda item concerning the appointment of an interim zoning administrator. The 15 minute comment time allowed multiple people from the crowd to have their say on the topic, including former ...
TAMA - Some police officers and Jimmy Hicklin, EMS Administrator, crowded behind the Tama Council to watch a small presentation about the phones and internet by two representatives of Aureon. After having a few questions answered, the council approved switching the phones and internet to ...
Reproductive health care advocates and providers are preparing for how to help Iowans access abortion following last Friday morning’s Iowa Supreme Court decision that will allow the state’s six-week abortion ban to take effect. The state Supreme Court issued a 4-3 ruling on June 28 that ...
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds announces the approval of twenty-eight (28) additional counties for Public Assistance under the previously approved Major Disaster Declaration, FEMA DR-4784-IA, for Iowa counties where significant damage was sustained from tornados, severe storms, and widespread ...
TOLEDO - Monday morning in the AM, before the heat decided to settle on Tama County for the day, the usual band of locals gathered for the supervisors meeting. The county engineer gave his report saying they are still working on cleaning up debris from the flooding a few weeks back. Work on ...
The Toledo City Council meeting started this week by talking about EMS. Emergency Services Director Greg Johnson spoke about the agenda item. What he proposed was taking the one full-time paramedic, Jimmy Hicklin, down to part-time, and then hiring three more part-time workers. The part-time ...
It was like a scene you would see in a movie, but it was simply the Tama City Council Meeting. Judy Womack spoke on behalf of Tama EMS asking for an on-call pay increase. Womack was simply asking for a $1 raise for those who tirelessly work for the emergency services, but something different ...
TOLEDO - It was standing room only at this Monday morning's Tama County Supervisors meeting. Packed into the meeting room like sardines in a tin, the public that showed up was mainly concerned with the agenda item regarding the appointment of a new zoning/weed administrator. This is due to the ...
DES MOINES — The Iowa Healthiest State Initiative’s Double Up Food Bucks program has expanded its partnership with Fareway by adding eleven participating locations, including a new location in Toledo. Other new sites include two in Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Clinton, Fort Madison, ...
They stood in front of the flag in the corner of the room, their hands raised, speaking the oath of office. Monday night, Mayor Sokol officially swore in the new Toledo Police Officer Eric Dickinson. A former Vinton police officer, Eric is a certified officer with decades of experience. ...