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STC announces Homecoming court

South Tama County High School’s 2024 homecoming court has been announced. Front row, left to right: Brooklyn Hitchcock, Janette Cervantes, Madison Hitchcock, Hannah Houghton, Mayla Kiebach and Skyla Beck. Back row, left to right: Jerome Kapayou, Marty Garcia, Ian Vore, Cody Blocker, Kinzer ...

STC cancels activities after death of student

South Tama County district leaders announced the death of a sophomore student on Tuesday morning and canceled all activities for the day while offering grief support services for those affected by the situation. Superintendent John Cain issued the following letter to Trojan families, which ...

County Sanitarian does Vining a solid

VINING – After being injured in a serious car accident earlier this year, Vining residents Arlo and Nancy Cibula recently received a solid win by way of a completely free, new septic system – arriving just in time for SepticSmart Week – and it’s all thanks to the efforts of County ...

Getting the band back together

MARSHALLTOWN — Before they even had their driver’s licenses, the four original members of The Emeralds, a variety band comprised of Tama-Toledo area youngsters Dave Hofer, Craig McCreary, Barry Sedlacek and Kim Willer were living life on the road as the popularity of rock n’ roll music ...

Sidewalks and department reports

This week's Tama City Council meeting started with the approval of a special assessment waiver for a local property. From there the council moved on to talk about EMS. Currently, funds coming in via the EMS transfer contract are split with 80% going into the general fund and 20% going into ...

Animal sacrifice and policy changes

After waking up to a bright sunny morning this Monday, multiple local citizens gathered to attend the week's Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. Starting off with the County Engineer like usual, it was reported that Iowa Bridge and Culvert have finished up on F Avenue and only have ...

Top honors awarded at Iowa State Fair Yorkshire Show

DES MOINES Ñ Ostrem Farm, of Stanhope, received Champion Boar honors at the Yorkshire Swine show judged at the 2024 Iowa State Fair. Fairview Farms, of Oskaloosa, received Champion Gilt, Reserve Champion Gilt and the Premier Exhibitor awards. Todd Schuler, of Atlantic, was awarded the ...

Wobeter joins Lincoln Savings Bank

Lincoln Savings Bank introduces the newest addition to its team, Carson Wobeter. Wobeter joined LSB on July 29 as an Ag and Commercial Lender, serving the Lincoln, Garwin and Tama locations. Wobeter comes to LSB with a strong background in agriculture, holding a degree in Agribusiness from ...

Salt Creek Wind surrenders county zoning certificates

TOLEDO – It seems turbulence has yet again hit the highly controversial Salt Creek Wind project. For at least 15 years, a commercial wind energy project going by the name of Salt Creek Wind has been in some stage of development in central Tama County by either Wind Capital Group (prior to ...

Tama County Humane Society shelter reaches capacity for cats and dogs

The Tama County Humane Society’s animal shelter at 1406 E. 5th St. in Tama is full. With 15 dogs and 35 cats — one of whom was actively in labor on Monday morning — the shelter’s leaders are hoping residents will consider adopting and also be more responsible with the pets they ...