At Monday's Tama City Council meeting, the Lincoln Highway bridge was again a subject of much discussion. Two people proposed ideas on possible paths to take with the bridge. Randy Zimmerman's proposition was the forming of a nonprofit to help with the bridge. Shellie Orngard of the Iowa ...
TOLEDO - This week's Tama County Supervisors meeting started like most, with a report from the Tama County Engineer. Work on a sign up on Payton Road has finished. The Toledo Bridge end rails are being put up, and then it's on to the dirt work, work on the bridge is moving swiftly. The ...
MONTOUR — Five veterans received Quilts of Valor from the Central Iowa Quilt Sew-Ciety Guild during the Montour sesquicentennial on Saturday. Accepting quilts were Robert McCoy, Don Campbell, Mike Buchanan, James Hines and Mark Legg. Quilt Sew-Ciety member Marvis Drew provided a brief ...
Kids and adults alike jumped with joy as a big bird named Herky came running down the halls of the South Tama Elementary school. Last Friday, the ROTC came galloping through town as part of the annual Cy-Hawk game ball run. Friday had every sports fan in the state picking sides and ...
TOLEDO — The executor of the estate of a Chelsea man who was shot and killed by Tama County Deputy Heath Brown in 2021 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the county, Brown, Sheriff Dennis Kucera and five unnamed “John Does” believed to have been involved in the incident, and he is ...
OTTER CREEK LAKE & PARK – In the days and weeks since former Tama Co. Conservation Director Stephen Mayne was placed on administrative leave – subsequently resigning on August 17 – the county has enlisted both the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and the State Auditor ...
The biggest issue at Monday's supervisor's meeting was zoning. New Century FS went in front of the supervisors to get approval for the construction of a hazmat material storage facility. Although everyone at the meeting was for the storage facility, they just wanted it zoned correctly. At ...
TOLEDO - A new public works position was approved at Monday's Toledo City Council meeting. Since two employees of the Public Works department have left recently, Public Works Director Kendall Jordan has found himself spending more time at the sewer plant. With Kendall at the sewer plant, the ...
DES MOINES – On Monday, Sept. 11, Governor Kim Reynolds signed a proclamation relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer, and manure. The proclamation is effective immediately and continues through October 11, 2023. The proclamation allows vehicles ...
TAMA - Some nice changes have come to the city of Tama in the last couple of months, but chances are, if you haven't ridden in an ambulance, you wouldn't have noticed. These slew of improvements to the Tama Emergency Medical Services Department were put into action by their new leader, Jimmy ...