Editor's Note (12/23): Following a special session held by the South Tama Board of Education on Dec. 23, both the STC Board of Education and the Toledo City Council will be meeting Monday, Dec. 27 to potentially vote to proceed with the Middle School Bond Referendum at the Iowa Juvenile Home ...
The first derecho to ever occur in the month of December anywhere in the United States descended upon Iowa including Tama County last week on Wednesday, Dec. 15 – that’s the official word according to the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Des Moines. According to NWS, a derecho is a ...
With the new year only a few days away, races for the recently formed state legislative districts are beginning to take shape. This week Sarah Smith announced her campaign for State House District 53 that includes Poweshiek County and a majority of Tama County including the cities of ...
The South Tama and Meskwaki basketball teams and coaches are proud to announce their first annual combined Coaches vs. Cancer event to raise awareness and funds in the fight against breast cancer. The event is set to take place in the STC High School gymnasium on Monday, January 17, 2022, ...
A former coach and paraeducator at GMG has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of sexual exploitation by a school employee and one count of dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to minors. Brycelyn Haughey, 22, of Toledo, was arrested on Dec. 15 following an ...
“A place where science, technology, engineering, art and math are fun and interactive,'' is the motto for “Library Lab” – the Toledo Public Library’s new youth program. With the library’s successful history providing craft and art programs for kids in our community, we were ...
Kendra Pacheco is the daughter of Vincent and Natalie Pacheco (Nevada); granddaughter of Perry Durnin (Iowa) and Valerie Pacheco (Nevada), Martin Austin and Lynette Fisherman (Nevada); great-granddaughter of Stanley Youngbear and Rae Jean Lasley (Iowa). Pacheco recently completed U.S. Navy ...
Iowa country music artists Seymour-Snow (Storm Seymour and Stephanie Snow) recently filmed an interview and performance for Iowa Public Broadcasting T.V. The interview will feature Storm Seymour, Stephanie and Sophie Snow singing Meskwaki and other native songs. Currently the segments may be ...
The judicial landscape in Iowa’s sixth district where Tama County resides will soon be changing. On Dec. 7 Gov. Reynolds announced the appointment of Mary Chicchelly as a judge of the Iowa Court of Appeals. Chicchelly, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, currently serves as a district judge in ...
Editor's Note: At their Dec. 20 regular meeting the Tama County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the salary recommendations described below in the following story. In the coming weeks Tama County Supervisors will be considering a recommendation that would raise salaries of the ...