They met first thing in the morning on Oct. 1, loaded into a bus, and took off on a classic ol’ road trip. There were county supervisors, mayors, regular citizens, and political candidates filling the seats. So, where were they all going? Stanton, a local economic marvel in southwest Iowa. ...
A new initiative known as Thrive Iowa is taking root in Marshall and Tama counties, and on Wednesday, the professionals behind the program met with civic leaders, social workers and law enforcement to map out how it will look locally and plan the next steps. In Tama County, that collective ...
It is that time of year when leaves crunch underfoot, pumpkins don visages of horror, and things go bump in the night. The spooky month of October pairs well with the talent and style of local young artist Amina Mekanovic. The astounding yet eerie art of Amina can be found at the Toledo ...
Homecoming King Layne Steuhm Wolf and Queen Karsyn Wolf were crowned the 2026 Meskwaki Settlement School Homecoming Royalty during a ceremony held last week.
This week’s Toledo City Council meeting was chock-full of public hearings. It started with a hearing on the sale of vacated public right of way a.k.a. Parcel M, which is located at the intersection of South Broadway and Business Highway 30 East. There were no comments, and the council ...
Once the switch for the sun was flipped on and Monday began, those usual meeting goers made their way to the Tama County Supervisors meeting. The meeting started with a lengthy exempt session that had a group loitering in the hall, waiting for the regular meeting to start. The roads ...
St. John Lutheran Church will celebrate 150 years on Sunday, October 18, 2026. The church itself had its beginning in a one room country school house in Columbia Township about 6 ½ miles southwest of Tama in 1876 by a group of German immigrants. In 1894 after having outgrown its ...
History is being made all over Tama-Toledo these days. Last week, a group of civic leaders gathered in the pouring rain to break ground on a project years in the making. The Woodlawn Housing addition is being developed by Toledo Ventures LLC, aka John (Andy) R. Anderson. Anderson spoke ...
CHELSEA — When the News Chronicle first spoke with Rob Fattig about two years ago, the South Tama County (STC) alum who had returned to his hometown of Chelsea and taken a job with the local bank was kickstarting efforts to raise funds for a true community park in the green space between ...
Hoorah! Hoorah! Homecoming has come again, bringing with it all of the usual mayhem and mania. With hoops and hollers and yelps of joy, heaps of candy were thrown in the annual parade. Music reverberated off the city streets as the STC marching band bounded down the road to the smiles of the ...