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Government

‘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 ...

Going on a road diet

Drivers along the main road that runs north and south through Tama and Toledo may have recently noticed a somewhat major change. Highway 63 is going on a diet. Citing concerns with crashes, especially near the South Tama County elementary/high school campus near the border between the two ...

Tama Co. Conservation approves new memorial bench policy

TOLEDO – During the October meeting of the Tama County Board of Conservation, a new policy regarding the placement of memorial benches in county parks was approved in the wake of public comments made at previous board meetings. The board unanimously approved the new policy during the ...

Another quick supervisors meeting

Not much was on the Supervisor's agenda for this week. As usual, the meeting started off with the Tama County Engineer giving his weekly report. The engineer said that the work on the Toledo Deer Creek Bridge is going as expected with the dirt crew having finished their work last week. Denco ...

Over in a flash

This week's Toledo City Council meeting was over in a flash, with agenda items being checked off with ease. First of which was a new business in town, D's Garbage Service, approval for a collector's license. The council then moved on to approve a tax abatement for a property on C Street. ...

Short and quick

Monday's Tama County Supervisors meeting was over and done with quick. The only item on the agenda was a final voucher for a paving project on E64. The agenda item was signed and approved swiftly. The Tama County Engineer went on to report that they've been out retrieving shoulders and ...

Fishing regulations to be relaxed at Casey Lake in Tama County

TAMA COUNTY — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will relax the fishing regulations at Casey Lake in Hickory Hills Park starting October 4 to allow anglers to more freely harvest fish before the lake is renovated. The goal of the lake restoration project is to improve water ...