DES MOINES — After more than a decade in the Iowa House of Representatives, Rep. Dean Fisher has no plans of stepping away. “I am running again in 2026,” Fisher said. “I filed my paperwork.” Now in his 14th year in office, the Republican lawmaker says his path to the legislature ...
BETHESDA, MD. — Master Sergeant Josh Steinback of Toledo was severely injured in Kuwait during an initial round of retaliatory Iranian airstrikes on March 1, and he has returned to the U.S. to begin what is expected to be a lengthy recovery. Steinback serves in the U.S. Army Reserves, and ...
MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT — The Meskwaki Nation Police Department is investigating a recent incident of vandalism at the Powwow Grounds that resulted in damage to the light fixtures at the cookshack and speaker stand. “This kind of behavior is not just reckless, it’s disrespectful to the ...
Some called him the “Patron Saint of Libraries,” but most knew him as Andrew Carnegie. An immigrant whose formal education ended in his adolescence, Carnegie became an autodidact who valued the resource of a lended book. The richest man alive, at one point, Carnegie funded and built ...
It was approved to call in the state auditor to look into discrepancies at this week’s Tama City Council meeting. This has come about because a council member had requested information that the city attorney, Thomas Hillers, who has since resigned for unrelated reasons, said they couldn’t ...
CLUTIER – The Oneida Cemetery Association plans to meet Wednesday, March 25, beginning at 1 p.m. at the Clutier Fire Station office. The meeting is open to anyone with a plot in the cemetery or who has family buried there. For more information, contact treasurer Richard Arp.
TAMA – Tama County Tom Stompers, the Tama County chapter of the National Wildlife Turkey Federation (NWTF), will host the chapter’s Hunting Heritage Banquet on Saturday, April 11, at the Tama Ballroom located at 1411 E Fifth Street in Tama. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. with dinner set for 6 ...
For the second time in less than three years, the mayor of Tama has resigned. Mayor Brian Hanus put in his resignation on Wednesday, March 4. The letter of resignation read, “Due to the fact that certain members of the City Council believe that they can run everything the way they want, I ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Norwalk man has been arrested and charged with one count of sex abuse related to an incident that allegedly occurred on the Meskwaki Settlement last month. According to a press release from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), the charge against Jonathan Paul ...
Berleen Wobeter of rural Toledo has filed to run in the Democratic primary for Iowa House District 53, submitting her paperwork on Friday, March 6, at the Iowa Secretary of State’s office. The filing window for Iowa’s 2026 primary elections will close March 13 at 5 p.m. Candidates who ...