This week's Tama City Council meeting started with the tepid bang of the mayor's gavel that quieted the assemblage of citizens. First up was a public hearing for and the approval of a resolution to enter into a general obligation corporate purpose loan. This loan is to cover three projects, the ...
TOLEDO – Please join SKIP (Supporting Kids in Prevention), Tama County Public Health & Home Care, and ISU Extension and Outreach to promote Child Abuse Prevention Month this April. The theme this year is “Powered by Hope, Strengthened by Prevention." As part of the annual ...
DES MOINES – The Iowa House this past Tuesday (April 8) passed the state K-12 school funding package for the 2025-2026 school year and sent it to the governor’s desk. Senate File 167, passed 59-36, sets the State Supplemental Aid (SSA) rate at 2%, increasing the per-pupil funding for K-12 ...
IOWA – A mild winter followed by timely spring rains has Iowa forests and woodlots leafing out ahead of spring turkey season, possibly tipping the playing field in favor of the gobblers, after a record harvest of more than 16,000 birds in 2024. The first of Iowa’s four regular spring ...
For those who felt a longing to spend more time in the company of the Tama County Supervisors after last week's meeting, the group held two public hearings to hear from citizens about the proposed levy rates. The first hearing was held at the Toledo Reinig Center on the evening of March 25, ...
If you were out driving on March 17, chances are you saw a few more cop cars than usual. This was an event put together by the Tama Police Department to focus on traffic laws and safety. Officer Tyler Chekal explained the initiative. "This project was funded by the state as a part of a ...
Once again, during the Iowa Legislature's annual session, books and libraries are being debated. Obscenity and funding are the two primary subjects of this contentious issue that would affect the nine public libraries in Tama County and the more than 540 libraries in Iowa. Pete McRoberts, ...
DYSART – Despite the event being billed by local organizers as a town hall to address economic issues, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) spent the bulk of his roughly hourlong stop in Dysart Wednesday afternoon fielding questions and concerns about the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, and ...
This week, the sparse faction of citizens that showed up were presented with a two-for-one deal on Toledo City Council meetings. The first meeting up was a public hearing on the property tax levy for FY26. A single solitary citizen spoke up with comments and discussion on the subject. After ...
The supervisors started off with a quick, time-sensitive, motion and approval on Monday morning. First up, before much else, the supervisors approved withdrawing from the opioid PBM litigation. Counties with 50,000 or less in population are withdrawing from the lawsuit to streamline the ...