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 ...
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 ...
News Chronicle note: This story has been updated since first publishing online last week with comments from Iowa CCI member and Tama County resident Berleen Wobeter, as well as comment from Rep. Dean Fisher. DES MOINES — A liberal activist group has filed an ethics complaint against Rep. ...
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 ...
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 ...
TOLEDO – A rural Traer woman accused of murder remains behind bars on a $1,000,000 bond at the Tama County Jail awaiting arraignment, which has been set for March 14. Back on Feb. 19, Karina Sue Cooper, 46, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, a Class A felony, in connection ...
Monday's Tama City Council meeting started with a public hearing for the Water Treatment Plant project. The new system was approved, and it was also approved to award the water plants contract to WRH Construction for approximately one million dollars. Snyder and Associates got approved for ...
TOLEDO - This week's supervisors' meeting started like always with the report from the engineer who this week started out talking about rock — contract rock to be exact. The rock hauling will start this week down south and move on up north. Interviews will be done soon for a new mechanic. ...
CHELSEA — Someone new has been walking the streets of Chelsea, spicing things up and moving things around. Sarah Story, at the end of January, was named the Chelsea Public Library's brand new director. Sarah is a good fit for the library with her love for reading. "Two of my favorite ...
A man who was found in possession of a homemade large-caliber pistol in the Meskwaki Casino in 2022 was sentenced on Feb. 22 to five years in federal prison. Som Boun Cam, age 56, from Council Bluffs received the prison term after a Sept. 18, 2023 guilty plea to possessing a smooth bore, .410 ...