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School board talks what to do next on PPEL

The June 3 school board meeting started with a bit of confusion on Monday night. After a good 10 minutes of fighting through technology issues with Google Meets, the online video call used to broadcast the meeting to those unable to be at the STC Partnership in person, the meeting was called to ...

Dog Pawrk names, and etc.

TAMA - On Monday's sultry brow sweat of an evening, local citizens made their way down to the Tama City Council meeting. The meeting started with the discussion of sidewalks. The, as it was referred to, "Old Catholic Church,” which is currently being converted into a Christian school was ...

Danker’s bond to remain at $1 million

TOLEDO – Following a hearing held last Thursday, accused murderer Huston William Danker’s bond will remain at $1,000,000 as originally set as part of his arrest in late April. On April 29, 2024, Danker, 26, was arrested in Cedar Rapids by the Tama County Sheriff’s Office and charged ...

Kopriva sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for stealing from Clutier

CLUTIER — A woman who formerly worked as the city clerk for Clutier and who committed wire fraud to steal from the city was sentenced on Friday, May 31, to nearly two years in federal prison. Keri Kopriva, age 44, from Elberon, received the prison term after an October 26, 2023, guilty plea ...

Iowa Lakes Community College releases Honors Lists

ESTHERVILLE — Iowa Lakes Community College is celebrating the students on the Spring 2024 Honors Lists, recognizing its outstanding academic achievements. This semester, 131 students have earned the prestigious President's List honor, and 242 students have been named to the Dean's List. The ...

The Early Bird meeting

TOLEDO - Early Monday morning, when the roosters were still nestled in their beds, and the sun had just started peaking over the treetops, this week's supervisors' meeting began. Due to the new public ordinance passed a few weeks back, Tama County Supervisors meetings will now start bright and ...

Tama and Toledo observe Memorial Day

TAMA – Enright-Schroder Tama American Legion Post 73, American Legion post 73 Auxiliary, Sons of the American Legion, and Tama-Toledo Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6607 members gathered for multiple services around the city of Tama and now Montour. Montour’s chapter of the American ...

Anderson, Hexter, Wrage vie for House District 53 Democratic nomination

Ahead of the June 4 Primary Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing sent questionnaires to all three candidates running for the Democratic nomination in Iowa House District 53 including John Anderson of Tama, Tommy Hexter of Grinnell, and Jennifer Wrage of rural Gladbrook. The district is currently ...

Meet the House District 53 Democratic Candidates: John Anderson

John Anderson Age: 62 Residence location: Tama Profession: Assembler at Polaris in couple weeks Education: U of Iowa Engineering Family: Killed by Chief Bina* last week – Joseph, Ms Thing, Molly and Bowser *Tama-Grundy Publishing note: Mr. Anderson is referring to Tama Police Chief ...

Meet the House District 53 Democratic Candidates: Tommy Hexter

Tommy Hexter Age: 24 Residence location: Grinnell, Iowa Profession: Rural Organizer with Iowa Farmers Union and Director of Grinnell Farm to Table Education: B.A. in Anthropology of Food Systems from Grinnell College, 2021 Family: Parents Jon (60) and Carolyn Hexter (61), Grinnell, IA; ...