NEWS CHRONICLE — As a school resource officer (SRO) at his alma mater of South Tama County, the chairman of the Meskwaki Nation Tribal Council and a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps and the Army National Guard, Vern Jefferson has a long history of public service, and it ...
MARSHALLTOWN — It’s been a year of change at the Marshalltown Fire Department (MFD) after new Chief Christopher Cross officially replaced his predecessor, David Rierson, last November, and as of Monday afternoon, Cross now has his second in command in place. The chief, who previously served ...
As the sun sat high among the clouds like a lemon resting among cotton, the usual group of citizens gathered for this week's Supervisors meeting. It started off with the annual report from Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske, who stated that they are finishing up dirt work on the 340th Street ...
Big wheels keep on turnin', big engines keep on burnin', as they're rollin', rollin', rollin' down to the Tama Civic Center parking lot. Next Friday, the 27th, from 5 to 7 p.m., the Tama Public Library, along with multiple local businesses, will host Touch A Truck Night. This free event will ...
After repeated noise complaints at a residence in Tama over the last few weeks, three men were arrested on drug charges last Monday, and two of them were taken into the custody of immigration authorities, according to a release from the Tama Police Department. Just before 6 p.m. on June 9, ...
It was officially announced during updates at this week's Tama City Council meeting that the Brian VS Brian dunk tank rematch is on for July 11 at The Toledo Stoplight Festival. Mayor Hanus seemed eager to redeem himself in this second fight of champions. First up on the agenda was the ...
Early in the morning on Monday, June 9 the South Tama Board of Education, and noticeably more members of the community gathered to partake in the scheduled 7 a.m. meeting. Sticking with the recent trend of educators occupying public comments, longtime teacher and now substitute teacher George ...
This week's Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting was filled with contentious discourse. The tension in the room came from a single agenda item; a resolution to remove a member from the Tama County Zoning Commission. The agenda was made public on the county website the Friday before, ...
This week's Toledo City Council meeting moved through the agenda items pretty quickly. First up, the council approved the acquisition of ag land for the 300th Street Bridge project. The council also approved amending the ordinance regarding peddlers, solicitors, and transient merchants. The ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in June 2022 left Marty Hardon with an “I won’t let this beat me” attitude. After going through surgery and treatment for nearly a year before being cancer free in late May 2023, the well known Tama businessman’s story ...