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Breaking ground on future memories

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 park project comes to fruition with strong community support

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 ...

STC Homecoming 2026

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 ...

Grundmeyer Leader Services approved for superintendent search

The South Tama County Board of Education has selected Grundmeyer Leader Services to conduct the district’s search for its next superintendent. With four board members present and Danya Keahna absent, the board approved Grundmeyer on a 3-1 vote. Rick Hopper made the motion to hire the firm, ...

MSS 2026 Homecoming Court announced

The 2026 Meskwaki Settlement School Homecoming Court has been announced. King Candidates are Sevastian Scabbyrobe, Gregory Keahna, Layne Steuhm Wolf and Dontavious Slick-Driscoll (not pictured). Queen candidates are Karsyn Wolf, Eva Roberts, Zola Davenport and Isabella Kapayou.

Tama council finalizes joint police department agreement

This week’s Tama City Council meeting started with an update on a nuisance property, and they decided to extend the deadline for the property's cleanup. Next up, there were two public hearings, the first being for the water plant. With no comment, the council approved the environmental ...

A one agenda item meeting

As the sun shone down on a chilly Monday, locals waltzed through the breeze over crunching leaves to this week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting. The roads department reported dealing with the rain and washouts. They’ve also been hauling rock, mowing, and are planning to get the durapatcher ...

Elberon man gets six-year federal sentence for illegal gun possession

CEDAR RAPIDS — An Elberon man who threatened to shoot up a community event and who sent multiple people threatening messages featuring guns was sentenced on Wednesday to more than six years in federal prison. Daniel Scott Carter, age 42, received the prison term after a May 1, 2026, guilty ...

Rob Sand stumps for a different view in Iowa

TOLEDO – Roughly five weeks out from Election Day, with polling increasingly turning in his favor, State Auditor Rob Sand, the Democratic nominee for governor, likes the view. “Pretty good view to sing that song to, isn’t it? Look out the windows here. Hats off to Tama County. You guys ...

GOP Congressional candidate Joe Mitchell visits Tama-Toledo area last week

TOLEDO — Joe Mitchell, a real estate developer and former state representative who hopes to represent Iowa’s 2nd District in Congress come January, made several stops in the Tama-Toledo area last Thursday accompanied by his onetime colleague in the Iowa Legislature, Rep. Dean Fisher ...