Editor's Note: This story will publish in a future edition of the News Chronicle. OTTER CREEK LAKE – Tama County’s new naturalist and an alleged lack of programming dominated public comment during the Wednesday, May 7 meeting of the Board of Conservation. “On March 24, I contacted the ...
The Safe Routes to School infrastructure project has made significant strides forward. With key grants secured, community fundraising well underway, and widespread support growing, this nearly $1 million initiative is moving steadily from vision to reality. The Iowa Department of ...
Two Tama County Supervisor meetings have been held since last week's paper — double the meetings, double the fun. The first was held on the morning of Friday, May 2. This meeting had a few different agenda items, the most interesting being the acceptance of the resignation of Chris Behrens ...
The Tama City Council this week was like a well-caffeinated frog; they jumped around a little bit. The meeting began by skipping down to number four on the agenda, the Poppy Proclamation. Read out first by Mayor Brian Hanus, the proclamation states that May 2025 is the American Legion ...
At Monday night’s South Tama County school board meeting, comments and responses were the highlights. Todd Anderson commented about a misunderstanding with Steve Chyma and the transportation department, while former board member Jackie Ellenbecker returned to the board room with concerns, ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — Early last week, on April 21 and 22, the trial in the lawsuit against former Toledo Police Officer Kyle Howe and the City of Toledo by resident Shyla Wolf took place at the Northern District Federal Court of Iowa in Cedar Rapids. The suit stems from an incident in March of 2023 ...
Monday's Tama County Supervisors meeting went on like usual under the cloud of the day's possible storms; at one point, the lights in the room flickered on and off, but this was just Sheriff's Office Investigator Trevor Killian leaning against the light switch. The meeting started like usual ...
This week's Toledo City Council meeting only had two agenda items; the meeting was so short that the mayor played hooky as Mayor Pro-tem Boll ran the show. Up first was the authorization of a $1 an-hour pay increase for newly certified Toledo Police Officer Igor Dias. The council approved the ...
TAMA COUNTY — The Middle Iowa Watershed Management Authority has selected Wyatt Andresen, 11th grade student at East Marshall High School in Le Grand, as the winning artist of the Middle Iowa WMA logo design contest. The Middle Iowa WMA announced the contest in November 2024 and opened ...
TOLEDO – And then there were four. Last week, Tama County added two more lawsuits to its docket, bringing the total number of petitions filed against the County in recent months to at least four. In addition to a Feb. 5, 2025 petition for declaratory judgment filed against the Board of ...