It started with one little unique flake, and then another followed it close behind; soon, there were inches of snow all around. The first great snow fall of the year has locals bundled up and scooping their walks. In colorful stocking hats and mittens, children and children at heart played in ...
Freezing temperatures and frigid winds did not deter runners, walkers, and joggers from participating in the Meskwaki Health Clinic's annual Turkey Trot. Rudy Papakee, Health Director of the tribe, organizes the event every year with 2025 being no different. Starting from the Meskwaki ...
Last week’s Toledo City Council meeting started with the approval of a resolution for more stop signs. This time, the stop signs will be placed on Church Street facing North and South. The council approved entering into a continued 5-year lease agreement with GigFire from 2025 to 2030. The ...
The supervisors all made tracks as they made their way through the snow to make their way to this week’s regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting was kicked off by Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske giving his weekly report, saying that the PCI Bridge project on S Avenue is finished and open. ...
This week’s Tama City Council meeting started with a bark and a howl as the first item on the agenda was a shelter house for the dog park. The council approved the purchase of a “cattle shed lean-to” at a price of $4,050. The council approved an update to the culvert repair and ...
With the potential sale of the former middle school looming, the STC board room was full for Monday’s meeting. Nearly 40 community members were present, and more joined via Google Meet when the STC school board voted unanimously to table the potential sale of three parcels of land to ...
In a fever dream-like moment, snow fell in the parking lot of the country club on Saturday morning, but nowhere else in Tama County. It was the annual Hometown Holiday celebration, and the seasonal cheer was in the air. Santa greeted kids at the country club before they got to go on a ...
TOLEDO – At about 4:14 p.m. on Monday, Tama County Dispatch received a 911 call reporting a single vehicle accident in the 2800 block of N Avenue, just outside Toledo. A local farmer reported that a vehicle had gone into the ditch and the driver was injured and possibly trapped. Chief ...
This week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting kicked off right after Supervisor David Turner got back from his pre-meeting bathroom break. Ben Daleske, the Tama County Engineer, gave his report, saying that they’ve been stockpiling rock in Chelsea, and they’ve been receiving rock from Salt ...
STC Adopt-A-Family “Wishmas Trees” have been decorated with Christmas gift requests for those less fortunate from our community. Please stop in, pick a tag from the tree, and make someone’s holiday brighter. Committee member Cynthia Roth is pictured by the tree at Dollar Fresh with ...