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Grace Community Church celebrates 50 years

TOLEDO - Grace Community Church, 3098 I Ave., Toledo, is celebrating its 50th year of ministering to the community. This celebration will be on June 2 with a special program starting at 2 p.m. followed by coffee, cookies and fellowship. The guest speaker will be Pastor Paul Schmidtbleicher, ...

Tama SWCD celebrates Soil & Water Stewardship Week with 6th Grade donations

In celebration of Soil & Water Stewardship Week 2024, Tama Soil & Water Conservation District donated northern red oak seedlings to 322 sixth graders in the Green Mountain-Garwin, Meskwaki, South Tama, Union, North Tama and Gladbrook-Reinbeck School Districts. This continues Tama ...

Tama County celebrates EMS Week

This week is the official EMS week. Here is a picture in celebration of all of the local people who are a part of the Emergency Services team in Tama. (Picture Left to Right) Front Row: Amanda Morris-Paramedic, Jordyn Cremeans-Driver, Arianna Sprague-Emt, Jessica Wilkerson-AEMT, RN, Don ...

First Amendment auditors take on Tama County

It has been 232 years since the first amendment of the Bill of Rights was signed into law, enshrining the freedom of speech, religion, press, and so much else into the Constitution. Lately, a new trend among the American people has citizens testing that law with what they call "audits,” and ...

Tama County Sheriff candidates answer questions, part two

Ahead of the Tuesday, June 4 Primary Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing correspondent Michael D. Davis sent questionnaires to all three candidates running in the Republican primary for Tama County Sheriff including Lucas Dvorak, 38, of rural Gladbrook; Trevor J. Killian, 48, of Toledo; and ...

Taking the next step

MARSHALLTOWN — A celebratory mood was in the air on Friday night as over 500 Marshalltown Community College and Iowa Valley Grinnell (IVG) graduates from all over the world — including a large contingent from Tama County — received degrees, certificates and diplomas during a commencement ...

Three things to know from the May 6 STC School Board meeting

At their regular meeting on Monday, May 6, the South Tama County Board of Education approved a new 28E agreement relating to their natural gas utility with the Iowa Local Government Risk Pool Commission. The 28E will cover the 2024-25 school year. This agreement introduces the Education ...

Meskwaki principal Clyde Tarrence hired to lead GMG Secondary

Meskwaki Settlement School will soon need a new middle school/high school principal. During the Monday, May 13, meeting of the Green Mountain-Garwin (GMG) Board of Education held at the elementary school, the board approved as part of the consent agenda the hiring of Clyde Tarrence as the ...

Toledo Police Department holds ‘Coffee with a Cop’

Chief Dan Quigley and the officers of the Toledo Police Department hosted “Coffee with a Cop” at El Charro in Toledo on Saturday morning. The initiative, which has become widespread across the country, allows officers to connect with citizens in an informal setting and build stronger ...

The short agenda

This week's Toledo City Council meeting was over and done with in a flash as the council rocketed through its short list of items. The main bit of business was the approval of Shane Manfull to the Tama-Toledo Aquatic Center board. Up next was a discussion about a possible grant for the ...