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Quick and to the point

TOLEDO - This week's supervisors' meeting was over in the blink of an eye and started like normal with the engineer's report. Blading is being done, dirt is being put down, and contract rock has started being hauled around the county. The last right-of-way easement for E Avenue was purchased ...

Stuck between the FBI and a trash can

TOLEDO - This week's Toledo Council meeting wrapped up in record time. First on the agenda was Marty Wymore, who spoke to the council about the catalyst grant that would be acquired to help fix up 132 High St., the Masonic Temple building. The city passed a resolution to pay and start work on ...

Military leadership experience fuels aspirations for Tama County Sheriff

Tama County Sheriff's Office Detective Trevor J. Killian has recently been selected for his second assignment as the next 607th Military Police Battalion Command Sergeant Major in Grand Prairie, Texas. The Command Sergeants Major is the senior most noncommissioned officer in the Army. The 607th ...

Tama County Joint Legion, Auxiliary meeting set for March 26

CLUTIER – The Tama County Joint Legion and Auxiliary meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 26, at 1:30 p.m. in Clutier. Please note this is an afternoon meeting. We will have an update on Government Day coming up on April 10.

Farmers Market Nutrition Program vendor training

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Tama County announces a partnership with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to host an Iowa Farmers Market Nutrition Program vendor training at 9 a.m. on March 14 or April 9. This training is for fruit and vegetable growers, ...

STC Middle School Students of the Month

Congratulations to our STC Middle School Students of the Month for February! These Trojans have shown excellent examples of respect, responsibility, and positive relationships! #thetrojanway Left to Right: Gretchen Mead (8th), Abdiel Alvarez (7th), Taviah Rosenberger (5th), Kendra Youngbear ...

STC voters reject PPEL measure

For the time being, South Tama County will remain one of just 49 public school districts in the state without a voter approved Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL) after almost 60 percent of the voters who showed up for Tuesday’s special election opposed imposing it at a rate of $1 per ...

Lorax in the stacks

Last Saturday was the birthday of the legend, the myth, the man Dr. Seuss. The celebrated children's author posthumously turned 120 over the weekend, and some locals stopped to celebrate. At the Toledo Public Library on Saturday morning, Naturalist Raina Genaw with Tama County Conservation ...

Failure to launch

DYSART – After first leasing office space in downtown Dysart more than two years ago, the Virginia-based company Apex Clean Energy – better known by its commercial wind energy project name, Winding Stair Wind – has terminated its leases with Tama County landowners. “Apex Clean ...