AREA – The upcoming General Election set for Tuesday, Nov. 3, will feature a somewhat unusual race for Iowa Senate District 27. Up until recently, Republican state Sen. Annette Sweeney of Iowa Falls, the incumbent, was the only candidate in the race after she defeated her primary ...

Annette Sweeney, Republican candidate for Senate District 27 Annette Sweeney, 68, is an Iowa native who was raised on her family’s third-generation farm near Buckeye, and now resides in Iowa Falls with her husband Dave. The Sweeneys have two adult sons. She received a B.S.Ed. in English and ...

Ben Robertson, Write-in Candidate for Senate District 27 Ben Robertson, 59, is an Iowa native whose grandfather farmed in Grundy County for more than 75 years. He is adopted, one of 11 siblings in total, and from a mixed marriage. He lives in rural Reinbeck on a farm along with his wife. ...

Masked, fanged, caped, and filled with sugar, this year’s Tama-Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce Trunk r’ Treat was filled with hordes of masquerading children. Ghosts and superheroes alike went from business to business, filling their sacks with treats as some spooky tunes set the beat. ...

Pausing their pumpkin carving, candy buying, and general merriment of the spooky season, the regulars made their way to this week's Tama County Supervisors meeting. The meeting kicked off with the roads report saying that a lot of blading has been done and the 300 Street bridge rail will be ...

This week’s Toledo City Council meeting saw another step forward into the future for the now merged police department. No longer the Tama Police Department or the Toledo Police Department, but now the Tama-Toledo Police Department, they’ve officially sworn in a new era. The last officer ...

A 100-page memo hit the Tama County Supervisors' meeting like a brick. It is an explanation of the recent problems the board has had with the union representing the county’s secondary roads employees. A tale of two contracts, the county states that only one is official, as the other has ...

People that want adult butterflies flying around the garden, need host plants in or around the yard that allow butterflies to complete the life cycles. Find out what plants are used by Iowa butterfly caterpillars at the Marshalltown Garden Club program at 11 a.m. on Nov. 2. Anita Westphal, ...

Fall is here! Mark your calendars! On Tuesday, November 3 from 11:00 to 1:00 pm, the library will host our annual Fall Soup Luncheon. Stop by for a warm bowl of soup and a delicious treat. This is a free will donation luncheon to help support the library foundation. Everyone is welcome.

TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will host a program by Mark McFate chronicling his grandparents’ 41-day, 2,800 cross-country journey through the lens of his grandmother’s travel journal. The program will take place Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 6:30 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre (101 ...