MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT — As event moderator Tommy Hexter asked the 20 or so people in attendance for last Wednesday night’s listening session how many of them had been affected by cancer in one way or another, every hand inside the Meskwaki Tribal Center gymnasium went up. Hexter, the ...
TOLEDO – The site of today’s South Tama County Middle School has been home to Toledo’s schools for nearly 170 years. Since the mid-19th century, each generation of students has attended classes on the same block at Green and Carleton Streets, even as the buildings themselves have ...
A lemonade stand might sound simple, but at Miss Lacy’s Preschool it’s part of something much bigger: a community effort to build a brand-new playground for local preschoolers. The private program, run by teacher Lacy Starits, has been operating in Toledo for four years and serves ...
As rain pelted down on Monday morning, it dampened the heads of those heading to the weekly Tama County Supervisors meeting. The rain made sure to fall on the head of government officials and paupers alike as Chairman Mark Doland walked in with wet squeaking shoes. The public comment time ...
The former Tama County human resources manager and insurance administrator who claims she was wrongfully terminated by the new board of supervisors and the outside HR specialist they hired will take her arguments to court in a jury trial next August, according to publicly available court ...
This week’s Tama City Council meeting was filled with haunts and scares, and I’m not talking about the council members themselves, but of Purk’s Haunted House. Kelly Purk addressed the council to get permission to move her annual haunted house into the old papermill warehouse. Purk ...
ELBERON — The Elberon American Legion Auxiliary Unit 226 met Aug. 14. With the colors in place, vice-president Marce Nekola gave an opening prayer. The "Vacant Chair," Pledge of Allegiance and the Preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion Auxiliary were recited by the ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present “Coin Trivia Quiz” with Jeff Shaw on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St., Toledo. Come and test your knowledge of those little pieces of history we carry around in our purses and pockets, lose ...
The 109th annual Meskwaki Powwow was held from last Thursday, Aug. 7 to Sunday, Aug. 10 at the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel. Due to the excess amount of rain the area has received and the flooding of the Iowa River, the powwow had to be relocated to the casino Outdoor Arena. Ellasyn White was ...
Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Nathan Sage spent Friday evening, Aug. 8, at the 109th Annual Meskwaki Powwow, meeting community members, experiencing the event’s traditions, and sharing his vision for working-class representation in Washington. Sage’s evening began with a stop at the ...