TOLEDO - The county engineer started Monday's Supervisor's meeting by asking a few questions about the agreement with Mid-American Energy. It is a road damage and right of way agreement. After questions about wording and other concerns were answered, the supervisors went ahead and approved the ...
TAMA - This week's Tama council meeting marked the second reading of the traffic camera ordinance. Once again, no one showed up to voice any opinion on the subject for or against the ordinance. The second reading passed, and the third reading will be held at the Jan. 8 meeting if anyone out ...
TOLEDO -This week's Toledo Council meeting had a record turnout, as everyone wanted to discuss the local nativity scene. Last week, Toledo received a letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), a national nonprofit organization based in Madison, Wis. The FFRF was notified about ...
OTTER CREEK – During the Dec. 6 meeting of the Tama Co. Board of Conservation, board members led by the department’s new director Curtis Behrens spent a considerable amount of time discussing adding alcohol to the nature center’s rental policy. Currently alcohol of any kind is not ...
LE GRAND — In keeping with an annual tradition, area school administrators, school board members, Area Education Agency (AEA) professionals and even two student school board representatives from Marshalltown High School came together with four state legislators at East Marshall High School ...
TOLEDO - This week, the supervisors spent the most time talking over policy changes to the employee handbook. Head of Human Resources Tammy Wise explained all of the alterations that will go into effect on January 1st. There were some simple changes of wording to larger, more planned ...
This Monday started with the usual ol' group of locals scraping the morning frost off their windshields before heading up to see what the Tama County Supervisors were approving this week. The meeting kicked off with the usual boot as the Tama County Engineer gave his weekly report. The ...
Virtually no one showed up to this week's Tama Council Meeting for the Traffic Camera Public Hearing. This is a surprise to those of us who were witness to the public's discussion on the subject at the council meeting the week before last. When the Public Hearing was brought to order, no one ...
OTTER CREEK – Curtis Behrens was recently hired as Tama County’s next Conservation Director, replacing former director Stephen Mayne who resigned in August. And while Behrens has only been in the position since Nov. 6, he said he’s ready to put the focus of his department back on ...