TOLEDO - This week's Toledo city council meeting attempted to go for the record for the quickest held in history. Agenda items were checked off out of order with ease. A slight mixup had the first item on the night's docket nearly passed over, but all was righted in the end. Discussion on ...
TOLEDO - As the morning frost fought a losing battle against the rising sun of the new day, locals stretched, yawned, and made their way to this week's supervisors meeting. Held on Tuesday, due to the Veterans Day holiday, the meeting started off like it does most weeks, with the Tama County ...
GLADBROOK – In the wake of a highly successful wind turbine safety training that took place this past August in the Vienna Wind Farm’s footprint south of Gladbrook, MidAmerican Energy has made separate donations worth $10,000 each to two local first responder groups. Gladbrook Fire and ...
TOLEDO – History was made in Tama County this past Tuesday evening when voters elected a woman to the board of supervisors for the first time ever. Running unopposed on the Nov. 5 general election ballot for Tama County Supervisor District 3, Heather Knebel, a 35-year-old Republican from ...
TAMA — A spiritual awakening has caused a Tama County resident to utilize his cooking skills and provide free meals to anyone and everyone. Brent Bible has made three meals for Tama and Marshalltown residents, and he will host a spaghetti meal this Sunday at Triumph Recovery Center in ...
A direct ballot initiative specific to all Tama County voters was passed in Tuesday's election with overwhelming support. The measure was to make EMS an essential service of the county and creating a 75 cent levy to fund the program. To be implemented the measure needed a total of 60% ...
TOLEDO - The long-awaited day has come and gone. Tuesday saw Tama County residents strolling under rain leaking clouds to cast their votes. Sitting at a table beneath a partition like they're taking at school, locals voted not only for president but for bond issues and supervisors. The ...
GLADBROOK – The Tama County American Legion and Auxiliary held a Memorial Service at their county meeting in Gladbrook on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Lorraine Vileta, center, Tama County Vice-President/Chaplain led the memorial service with Maurice McWhirter reading the deceased Legionnaires names and ...
If you blinked, you may have missed this week's Tama City Council meeting, as it was over in a flash. The meeting kicked off with a discussion of replacing the pool's boiler. The current boiler in use at the pool has been going downhill for years and is held together with bandaids and chewing ...
ELBERON - The Elberon American Legion Auxiliary Unit 226 met Oct. 10. The meeting was called to order by President Lorraine Vileta. The colors were advanced by Marce Nekola and an opening prayer was given by Chaplain Nekola. The Vacant Chair poem was read, the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag ...