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Government

Handbooks and funds

Some new changes were approved to the employee manual at the Tama County Supervisors meeting on Monday, June 26th. Also approved were annual end-of-year fund transfers for the Tama County Conservation, Road Department, and the Tama County Maintenance Department. The 2024 Fiscal Year ...

Money, attorneys, and two high speed chases at Tama Council meeting

TAMA - At the June 19 Tama City Council meeting, it was approved to move around the city's accounts at the Lincoln Savings Bank. The city's money will remain at Lincoln Savings Bank, but change accounts for an improved interest rate. The city's money is currently earning a little less than 1% ...

More problems, more lawyers

TOLEDO - The June 19 Tama County Supervisors meeting was filled with differing opinions. The Board of Supervisors approved, by majority, the hiring of attorneys Joseph Gamble and Kayla Sproul due to issues involving the Board of Health. After an article in the paper, lawyer Carlton ...

Tama Co. Conservation to begin phasing in new logo

TOLEDO — The Tama Co. Board of Conservation voted last Wednesday night to begin phasing in a new logo featuring a black and white graphic of a trumpeter swan – a native species once absent from Iowa altogether but thanks to restoration efforts including at Otter Creek Marsh near Chelsea, ...

Toledo council lays an egg

TOLEDO - Jokes and puns were volleyed back and forth between almost everyone at the Toledo City Council meeting on Monday, June 12. The subject of the group's wit was the proposition of keeping chickens inside the city limits. This was brought forth because Birkwood Village has hatched and ...

Supervisors work hard for the money

TOLEDO - Money was the big subject for the Monday, June 12 Tama County Supervisor meeting. Tama County Treasurer Amanda Kriegel brought the subject of changing banks to the supervisors. County money is currently in both the State Bank of Toledo and the Lincoln Savings Bank. While some money ...

The time warp

TOLEDO - The main bit of business on the agenda for the Tama County Supervisors at their June 5 meeting was the public comment policy. Many members of the public were allowed to speak their opinions during an open discussion time on the topic. It was the general consensus of the present ...

Resignations and RAGBRAI

TAMA - The June 5 Tama city council meeting started with a scramble to get council member Aaron Haughey on the phone so the meeting could begin. Council members Larry Thomas and Emily Babinat were also absent, leaving the number of those present dwindling. Once council member Haughey was ...

STC board talks early graduations, sex education curriculum

All five members of the STC School Board were present alongside school district employees and community members for Monday’s meeting. In a relatively brief meeting the board went over topics ranging from early graduation requests to health textbooks to vacuum cleaners. The board teabled ...