Those driving on Iowa 8 between Traer and Dysart will need to be aware of the upcoming closure of Iowa 8 that may slow down a trip, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Marshalltown construction office. Beginning at 7 a.m. on Sept. 9, through Oct.10, weather permitting, ...
This week’s Toledo City Council meeting saw the possible end to an ongoing local situation. Angie Blocker, fresh off her Toledo Board of Adjustment meeting from the week prior, went before the council to again talk about the basement apartment in her newly purchased uptown Toledo building on ...
This week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting started with a lively back-and-forth during the public comment time. Afterwards, the official meeting kicked off with Ben Daleske, the Tama County Engineer, giving his weekly report, saying that H Avenue has been finished up and that they are ...
Monday night's school board meeting was short and sweet with little on the agenda. Both Joe Hanus and Megan Thiessen were once again absent leaving the decisions to be made by only three of five board members. With no presentations or public comments, the board moved right through the agenda. ...
AMES — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced a new state-funded conservation cost-share pilot project supporting farmers and landowners in the watersheds upstream from the Des Moines and Cedar Rapids metropolitan areas. The Streamside Buffer Initiative encourages farmers and ...
As rain pelted down on Monday morning, it dampened the heads of those heading to the weekly Tama County Supervisors meeting. The rain made sure to fall on the head of government officials and paupers alike as Chairman Mark Doland walked in with wet squeaking shoes. The public comment time ...
The former Tama County human resources manager and insurance administrator who claims she was wrongfully terminated by the new board of supervisors and the outside HR specialist they hired will take her arguments to court in a jury trial next August, according to publicly available court ...
This week’s Tama City Council meeting was filled with haunts and scares, and I’m not talking about the council members themselves, but of Purk’s Haunted House. Kelly Purk addressed the council to get permission to move her annual haunted house into the old papermill warehouse. Purk ...
TOLEDO — The city of Toledo has officially reached two more settlements with plaintiffs who alleged that former Police Officer Kyle Howe used excessive force against them during arrests at their homes. According to documents shared with the newspaper, Cynthia McSweeney and the law firm ...
It's official, there is a new EMS Director in town. At this week's Toledo Council meeting, longtime paramedic and assistant director, Jesse Brown, was hired as the new Toledo EMS Director, starting at a salary of $62,000. After a six-month probation period, Browns will receive a $2,000 wage ...