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Tama man charged with felony domestic abuse assault, false imprisonment

TAMA - Tama man Drew Mathes was arrested on March 14 and charged with a pair of felony domestic assault offenses and false imprisonment. According to a criminal complaint from the Tama Police Department, Mathes, 39, repeatedly beat and put his alleged victim in a stranglehold. Mathes also ...

The need to speed limit

TOLEDO - Monday's Supervisors meeting was a run-of-the-mill showing of parliamentary procedure with not too much on the agenda. The engineer kicked things off, like usual, reporting about the blading that had been done and the salt shipment that they'd received. PCI has finished doing the ...

Clutier High School Alumni banquet set for April 13

CLUTIER – The Clutier High School Alumni Association’s annual banquet will be held Saturday, April 13, 2024, at the Clutier Legion Hall. Social hour at 5 p.m., with dinner following at 6 p.m. BYOB. Honored classes include 1949, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, and 1989. The ...

Makerspace at the Toledo Public Library

TOLEDO — The Makerspace is an area where users can use tools and equipment to design and create Do-It-Yourelf projects. Examples of these projects include cards and other paper crafts, iron-on designs for clothing and accessories, stickers and labels, custom stencils, art and home decor ...

Tama-Toledo hosting blood drive

TAMA — Time to roll up those sleeves and save lives with LifeServe Blood Center. LifeServe Blood Center is calling all community members to participate in blood donation drives this spring. Each donation bolsters the blood supply for local hospitals, and LifeServe aims to emphasize the ...

Smashed to perfection

About five years ago, Kassi Whitebreast first launched a food stand, specializing in onion smashburgers like the ones popular in her father’s home state of Oklahoma and traveling to local carnivals, town festivals and powwows to sell them. It’s been a long road from there in a literal ...

They built this city

In the entire history of rock n’ roll music, there may not be a band with a more unique story of reinvention and endurance than Starship, which began in the 1960s as the quintessential Bay Area psychedelic rock act Jefferson Airplane, transformed into the more commercial rock vehicle known as ...

Ethics committee unanimously dismisses complaint against Rep. Fisher

DES MOINES — A complaint filed by Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) against Rep. Dean Fisher (R-Montour) over his involvement with the newly created Tama-Toledo Christian School was unanimously dismissed by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee on Tuesday morning. "I’m glad ...

Cracking down

Toledo has seen an uptick in self checkout related thefts in the last year. Just since January, there have been over 20 reported thefts from local businesses. Most commonly, the thefts have been for items costing less than $20, but some have stolen up to $300 worth of merchandise. From stacking ...

Angie’s Little Free Library

On the north side of Elm Street in Toledo, a small green building sits atop a pole. This is a Little Free Library. A few years ago, Angie Blocker, an avid reader, was reviewing books on Instagram when she stumbled upon the Little Free Library trend. Angie knew right away she wanted to build one ...