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Kirkwood Community College announces Dean’s List honors

CEDAR RAPIDS — Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean's List for the fall 2025 semester. These students have achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after completing 12 or more credit hours at the college. Kirkwood students from the area earning this distinction include: ...

Iowa DNR to begin annual spring burning

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas managed by the Iowa DNR’s Iowa River Unit in Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Linn and Tama counties. Areas scheduled for prescribed burns are on Mink Run, in Cedar County; ...

Become a Soil and Water Conservation Commissioner

TAMA COUNTY – Want to become a Tama Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) Commissioner, give back to your community and have a positive impact on Iowa’s land, water and people? Seats for two (2) Tama SWCD commissioners will be found on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot, ...

‘PIEOWA’ screening a slice of success at Gladbrook Theater

GLADBROOK — “PIEOWA: A PIECE OF AMERICA” proved to be a slice above the rest during its Gladbrook run last weekend. The award-winning documentary by Ottumwa native Beth M. Howard screened on Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Gladbrook Theater and featured an interview with local ...

School Board continues discussion over old middle school property

The question of what’s next for the old STC Middle School was of discussion for the school board at Monday night’s meeting. The property, which sits on South Green Street, was previously listed in 2025, garnered attention, but ultimately no deal was made between the district and a ...

Memorandum to Public Health

Again, walking through melting snow and cold temperatures, citizens showed up for this week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting a little more chilled than last week. Home health was once again an agenda item and subject of discussion, and a memorandum was approved to be sent to the Tama County ...

Former Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske joins city of Marshalltown staff

MARSHALLTOWN — After two years without another engineer on the city staff besides herself, Marshalltown Public Works Director Heather Thomas is excited to welcome former Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske to her team as a Civil Engineer II and get him up to speed on a wide range of ongoing ...

The last year for fireworks?

July 4, 2026, will be the last year for fireworks set off by the City of Toledo. At Monday’s Toledo Council meeting, the council decided to take out the line item from the 2027 fiscal year. Unless citizens fundraise or a donation of money comes in, the city will not be putting on fireworks in ...

Clarification: Dysart home to clinic, dentist

In the Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 story "‘Not personal': Public health and home care budget takes center stage at supervisors meeting," Tama County Public Health & Home Care Clinical Manager LeeAnna Kriegel was quoted by the newspaper as stating during the meeting: “We live in a county that ...