TOLEDO — During Monday night’s regular biweekly meeting, the Toledo City Council accepted the resignation of Police Sgt. Kyle Howe effective immediately after an investigation into his handling of a traffic stop on March 30. Howe, who previously served with the State Center Police ...
One of the main concerns at Monday night’s Tama City Council meeting was safety. The Tama-Toledo Visioning Group discussed with council members the possibility of putting in a crosswalk for the South Tama County High School. The proposed crosswalk would cross the four lane highway east to ...
During Monday’s Tama County Supervisors meeting, a new county engineer was hired. Benton Daleske, formerly the Fayette County assistant engineer, will start work on May 1. The Assistant Engineer reported that contract rock should be finishing up this week. The X Avenue project in Dysart has ...
On the brisk, breezy morning of April 5, Iowa’s senior U.S. Senator, Republican Chuck Grassley of New Hartford, made a stop at South Tama County High School during his annual 99 county tour for a question and answer event with local students. During his 45 minutes of prelect, students were ...
The first recorded suppression of literature was in China in 213 B.C. It has been a pattern throughout history, and now, over 2,200 years later, it's still happening, even in Iowa. Legislation was proposed this year that would lead to the banning of a laundry list of books in every single ...
An individual was recently cited by the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources for illegally cutting trees at Duffus Landing – also known as the Chelsea boat launch – following an investigation by Tama County Conservation staff. During the April 5 conservation board meeting, Director Stephen ...
At the April 10 Toledo Council meeting, Tom Kemper's mowing bid was approved. A public hearing was held on the proposed amended and restated plan for the Toledo urban revitalization area, and since public attendance was at the stagnant number of zero, the hearing concluded in under a minute. ...
"It's just not gonna happen," Curt Hilmer announced at Monday’s Tama County Supervisors meeting when asked for an update on livestreaming the weekly sessions. Hilmer went on to say that there are too many people opposing the prospect — namely, the other two supervisors: Dan Anderson and ...
At the Tama City Council meeting on Monday, Matt from Assured Partners Insurance gave an update on the property, cyber, and other policies for discussion of possible changes. A resolution was approved for the city of Tama to apply for a $100,000 Iowa Economic Development Authority grant ...
The March 27 Toledo City Council meeting and public hearing saw much talk over making the first floors of downtown properties residential. Turning the ground floors from storefronts into apartments is not a new idea. Last discussed in 2016, the thought of putting apartments in downtown ...