OTTER CREEK – During the Dec. 6 meeting of the Tama Co. Board of Conservation, board members led by the department’s new director Curtis Behrens spent a considerable amount of time discussing adding alcohol to the nature center’s rental policy. Currently alcohol of any kind is not ...
LE GRAND — In keeping with an annual tradition, area school administrators, school board members, Area Education Agency (AEA) professionals and even two student school board representatives from Marshalltown High School came together with four state legislators at East Marshall High School ...
TOLEDO - This week, the supervisors spent the most time talking over policy changes to the employee handbook. Head of Human Resources Tammy Wise explained all of the alterations that will go into effect on January 1st. There were some simple changes of wording to larger, more planned ...
This Monday started with the usual ol' group of locals scraping the morning frost off their windshields before heading up to see what the Tama County Supervisors were approving this week. The meeting kicked off with the usual boot as the Tama County Engineer gave his weekly report. The ...
Virtually no one showed up to this week's Tama Council Meeting for the Traffic Camera Public Hearing. This is a surprise to those of us who were witness to the public's discussion on the subject at the council meeting the week before last. When the Public Hearing was brought to order, no one ...
OTTER CREEK – Curtis Behrens was recently hired as Tama County’s next Conservation Director, replacing former director Stephen Mayne who resigned in August. And while Behrens has only been in the position since Nov. 6, he said he’s ready to put the focus of his department back on ...
Following the official first and second canvass of the Nov. 7 city and school elections in Tama County, the winner of several city government races including in the communities of Tama, Garwin, Tama, Vining, and Clutier were decided by write-in votes. Tama In the City of Tama, three council ...
TOLDEO - Bow wow, wow yippy yo yippy hey, this is what went on at this week's Supervisors meeting. Dogs, pooches, K-9s, whatever you want to call the furry little creatures, they were the main subject of the meeting. Kayla Kerkove, director of the Tama County Humane Society, came to Monday's ...
This week's Toledo Council meeting was a bit of a snoozer. Everything kicked off with the sale of a vacated alley at 301 N County Road. During the 30 second public hearing, only crickets could be heard. The sale and everything with it went through and was approved without a hitch. The ...