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Government

From safety glasses to FEMA

TOLEDO - Braving the humid morning air on Monday, the usual gang of local government conscious citizens made their way to the Supervisor's meeting. Chairman Curt Hilmer was absent, so Supervisor Dan Anderson was at the helm. The meeting started like usual with Tama County Engineer Ben ...

Insurance renewal and other exciting things

TOLEDO - This week's Toledo City Council meeting started out with the annual insurance renewal review for property and work comp. After Matt Zmolek gave his presentation and answered a few questions from the council, the renewal was approved. The committee heading up the Safe Routes to ...

Supervisors discuss EMS levy, approve housing trust fund contribution

As the morning dew still clung to blades of grass and the car windshield, many gathered for the week's supervisors' meeting. The Tama County Engineer, Ben Daleske, kicked off the main part of the meeting like always with his report talking about how Iowa Bridge and Culvert is working on F ...

Sidewalks, People Rides, and volunteers needed

This week's Tama City Council meeting started with a subject discussed last week at the Toledo City Council meeting; the Visioning Committee's safe routes to school grant application and funding. The council received a brief explanation of what would happen and where the planned sidewalks and ...

A rainy morning meeting for the Tama County Board of Supervisors

TOLEDO - On a drizzly rainy Monday morning, the usual suspects started their week by gathering for the supervisors meeting. After 15 minutes of absolute silence where no one had a public comment, the Tama County Engineer, Ben Daleske, kicked off the meeting with his report saying that Iowa ...

Noxious weeds, sidewalks in focus at Toledo City Council meeting

The Monday Toledo City Council meeting started off with approving the renewal of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) agreement regarding fires. Next on the agenda was what everyone showed up for, the discussion about the safe routes to school grant application and funding. The council heard a ...

Women, Land & Legacy to host upcoming event at Fox Ridge Winery

Join Tama County Women, Land & Legacy for its 50th event, “Fox Ridge Winery Tour & Social.” The event will be held on Aug. 20 at 1465 L Avenue in rural Traer and will begin promptly at 6 p.m. Since this is an outdoor event, a raindate is scheduled for Aug. 22 at the same time and ...

Rep. Hinson hosts Women in Ag roundtable at Tama Civic Center

TAMA - As she reiterated near the end of her Women in Ag roundtable at the Tama Civic Center on Tuesday morning, U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who grew up in the Des Moines area and now calls Marion home, isn’t a farmer and won’t ever pretend to be one. But the congresswoman, who ...

Sen. Joni Ernst tours Otter Creek Marsh

CHELSEA — On a muggy Saturday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) made an appearance in Tama County as part of her River to River tour. Biologists, DNR employees, and Ducks Unlimited stakeholders toured the Otter Creek Marsh. Occupying 3,800 acres outside of Chelsea and accessible via ...

The nature report

The usual bunch congregated for the supervisors meeting on a hot Monday morning this week. The meeting kicked off with a bit of quiet time during a particularly slow public comment section. The Tama County Engineer had a proxy give the weekly report as he's currently on vacation. The proxy ...