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Government

Supervisors Spat

TOLEDO - This week's County Supervisor's meeting started with idle chit-chat and ended with a lively spat. The meeting, as usual, included the Engineer's report, which stated that they are currently working on removing a snow trap on 250th Street. The Toledo Deer Creek bridge is nearing ...

Muskrat trappers needed at Otter Creek Lake & Park

OTTER CREEK LAKE & PARK – Tama County Conservation is in search of muskrat trappers at Otter Creek Lake & Park to remove nuisance animals. Availability is limited and interested parties must receive special permission prior to trapping. Contact Park Officer Riley Conrad at ...

City of Tama issues PFAS advisory on drinking water supply

On Monday morning, the city of Tama issued a drinking water health advisory regarding the levels of per and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) indicating that testing conducted on Sept. 27 showed a concentration of 5.7 parts per trillion (PPT), well above the health advisory level of 0.02 and ...

Bird Friendly resolution takes flight

TOLEDO - Birds were once again the topic at this week's Tama County Supervisors meeting. Raina Genaw, the naturalist for Tama County Conservation, attended the meeting to speak about the "bird friendly community" resolution. Raina informed those in attendance that the resolution wouldn't ...

A little mixup on Historical Society lease

TOLEOD - The biggest thing on the agenda for this week's Tama County Supervisors meeting was the discussion of the Historical Society's lease on the building. Or was it? The original lease for the Historical Society's building, drafted in 1973, was good for 50 years. This lease would have ...

Plats and leases

The Toledo Council meeting this week was rather run of the mill. The meeting started with the setting up of a public hearing for the vacation of alleys on 301 N County Rd. The public hearing was set for Nov. 13. The meeting moved on with two public hearings on routine ordinance changes. With ...

Marshall County ends jail holding agreement with Meskwaki Nation

As of this month, Marshall County has ended its jail holding contract with the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi, also known as the Meskwaki Nation, after providing the services for about eight years, but the tribal council has already made arrangements to house inmates in Polk and Hardin ...

‘Bird friendly’ resolution doesn’t fly

At Monday's Tama County Supervisors meeting, birds were the main subject of debate. A resolution was on the docket to designate Tama County as a bird friendly community. From wind turbines to invasive species like crows and sparrows, the present community members asked just how this ...

Tama mayor ‘pissed off’ about lack of progress on historic bridge

TAMA - During Monday night's city council meeting, Tama Mayor Brian Hanus reported being "pissed off" at the lack of work done on the Lincoln Highway Bridge. After a meeting last week with engineers, DOT, and DNR, Hanus was angered by the lack of progress made so far with the project. Hanus ...