After a long Tuesday in which the spirit of democracy swept through the county like an eagle floating on the fall breeze, the night ended at the auditor's office. Precincts called in, votes were counted, and 'VOTE HERE' signs were put in a back room as the ladies worked. The unofficial ...
OTTER CREEK LAKE & PARK – Iowa State graduate and former Jones County Conservation natural resource manager Curtis Behrens has been hired as the new director of Tama County Conservation. The announcement was made during the November meeting of the Tama County Board of Conservation ...
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 ...
There was an unusually large turnout for this week's Tama City Council meeting, with the biggest subject on the docket being water. After an advisory came out last week informing the public about the current levels of PFOS or Forever Chemicals in the drinking water, many locals wanted to know ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...