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Government

‘We know there’s a problem’

During a meeting that was light on formal agenda items, the Tama County Board of Supervisors, during their individual reports and comments, discussed the condition of the county’s roads and vowed to work toward ensuring better outcomes going forward. As part of his report early in the ...

Dieleman and Hosek awarded Tama SWCD scholarships

TOLEDO – Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) is pleased to announce Abe Dieleman of rural Toledo and Ryan Hosek of rural Traer have been selected to each receive a $1,000 local college scholarship through the SWCD’s outreach programming. Dieleman is a Green ...

Bending with the wind

This week's Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting saw a pivotal turn in the epic wind turbine saga. After years of fighting, litigation, and back-and-forth, the supervisors agreed to enter into a settlement agreement with Salt Creek Wind LLC that will allow their project to move forward ...

Economic Development developments in Tama County

Economic Development has been a touchy subject in Tama County in 2025. Earlier this year, the Tama County Board of Supervisors approved a drastic cut to the department's budget. Another change came when longtime director Katherine Ollendieck resigned from her position. With little funding, ...

‘A 24/7 job’

Although she was never a practicing lawyer before taking on her role as Tama County’s magistrate in 1997, a passion for the justice system ran deep in Ann Kuhter’s blood as her father, the late Richard “Dick” Paxson, was a longtime magistrate in Black Hawk County, where Ann was born and ...

Ordering an ambulance

The first two agenda items on this week's Toledo City Council meeting were tabled for another week, as the people connected to the items weren't present. Moving swiftly along like a duck through soup, the council moved on to agenda item number three, which was the purchase of a new ambulance. ...

Toledo Heights Park closed due to flooding

In a statement released on the City of Toledo IA Facebook page on Wednesday, July 30, the city of Toledo announced the park will be closed until further notice. “The City of Toledo will be closing Toledo Heights Park until further notice due to flooding. Please do NOT drive through past ...

Tama first responders take two emergency calls

In the last week, there were at least two incidents where Tama Emergency Services were called into action. The first incident was a fire at a house on the corner of Oswego and 6th Street in Tama on Wednesday, July 23. Tama Fire and Rescue, Toledo Fire and Rescue, Tama EMS, and Tama Police ...

The Supervisors: A meeting in two acts

Monday's usual showing of the county supervisors went on like usual, with this week's production adding a nice little hour and some long intermission for a closed session. The viewers mulled about in the hallway discussing what had happened so far in the show and proposing theories as to what ...