Last Wednesday was the annual government day for Tama County. Local high schoolers came and learned about the inner workings of the local regime. Supervisors Heather Knebel and Curt Hilmer represented the county board and fielded questions. At Tama County Public Health and Home Care, ...

The ongoing saga that is the future of Tama County Public Health and Home Care has taken another turn as the CEO and Executive Director, Stacy Koeppen, resigned late last week. At the April 9 Public Health Board Meeting, Koeppen informed those in attendance. “After a long discussion with ...

The South Tama County school board reviewed multiple offers on district-owned properties Monday night, including the old football field in Toledo, tennis courts and greenspace east of the old middle school, and a vacant lot in Tama. The district received three bids from H&H Housing LLC, ...

AREA – The physical journey to church will soon be changing for many area Catholics. In the face of “sobering realities,” Archbishop Thomas Zinkula announced last Saturday the Archdiocese of Dubuque’s final pastorate plan to reshuffle 160 Catholic parishes across northeast Iowa ...

This week’s Toledo City Council meeting started with a public hearing that yielded no public comments. The public hearing was on the proposed FY27 City Budget. After the public hearing, the council majority approved the budget, with council member Vesely being the one nay. Kendall Jordan, ...

Supervisor David Turner telecommunicated from Sicily to attend this week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting. You couldn’t see him, but you could hear him on a few-second delay behind the rest. The meeting started out with two Windstream utility permits being approved. A Farmers ...

ELBERON — The James R. Kalina Unit 226 American Legion Auxiliary of Elberon met April 9 and enjoyed a lunch at the Tama Sale Barn. The minutes of the March meeting were read by Secretary Norma Riha. Treasurer Pat Sauer gave the financial report. Old business included a report by Lorraine ...

Snowed in at an Iowa motel….fourteen strangers..No Way Out! When the highway closes…the comedy begins… The Wieting Theatre is proud to present the world premier of Tom Akers comedy in three acts, A Hi-Way Inn Holiday, July 9, 10, and 11th. The time is Thanksgiving 2019, at the HI-Way ...

There was a large crowd at this week’s Tama City Council, and for good reason: there was a new mayor in town. Only two letters were received from those who wanted to be mayor, one from local John Anderson and one from current Tama Council member Danny Robinson. It was motioned, seconded, ...

Easter antics were afoot on the north lawn of the courthouse. Children of all ages scrambled, hunted, and hopped, finding colorful eggs scattered in the grass. Through breezy, the egg hunt was a success, hosting smiles and joy through the ancient tradition of hunting eggs.