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Public comment ordinance passes

TOLEDO - As the Monday morning sun rose in the sky, it brought with it two things, a brand new week and another Tama County Supervisors meeting. This week's meeting brought a resolution to the public comment ordinance debate of the last several weeks. Supervisor Dan Anderson reported on how ...

Montour School class reunion is May 25

MONTOUR - Graduates of the Montour School will be celebrating its 137th Anniversary on May 25 at the Montour Community Center. The first graduating class was in 1881 had only students, Nelle Blake and Gertrude Poyneer. All graduates, as well as anyone interested in the Montour Celebration ...

Mayor Hanus signs Tama poppy proclamation

Tama Mayor Brian Hanus recently signed the proclamation for poppy distribution to begin during the Lincoln Highway Days, coming up this weekend. Brenda Youngbear, American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Chairman, looked on and approved. The proclamation reads as follows: “I, Brian Hanus Mayor of ...

MIYBT members earn Scholarships

Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team members, Olivia Hanson (Union High School), Ryan Hosek (North Tama High School), William Kroneman (Benton Community High School), Kaylynn Murty (South Tama High School), and Adelynn Sienknecht (North Tama High School) each earned a $2,000 Iowa Youth Beef Team ...

Meet the trio running for Tama County Sheriff

Ahead of the Tuesday, June 4 Primary Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing correspondent Michael D. Davis sent questionnaires to the three candidates – Lucas Dvorak, 38, of rural Gladbrook; Trevor J. Killian, 48, of Toledo; and Casey Schmidt, 37, of Dysart – running in the Republican primary ...

Public hearings and Bible readings

TOLEDO - For the third week in a row, the main subject rattling around in the minds of those in attendance at the Monday supervisor's meeting is the public comment ordinance. This was the third public hearing for the proposed ordinance, and multiple people stood up to speak out against it. ...

Kicking off

The sky is blue, the grass is green, the balls are flying through the air, and the player's feet are a blur in the daylight. It's the Marshalltown Premier League returning for another summer full of soccer and fun. The season started off, last Sunday with a lot of smiles and cheers, as ...

Closing the streets

TAMA - The Tama City Council meeting moved the needle on the excitement meter just a tad throughout its evening business on Monday. The long list of council to-do's started with the approval of four resolutions back to back to back to back. The first resolution was to temporarily close ...

Elberon Legion Auxiliary discusses upcoming events

ELBERON — The Elberon American Legion Auxiliary met April 11 with the meeting opening in the usual form. Vice President Marce Nekola presented the colors and offered an opening prayer. “The Vacant Chair” was read by President Lorraine Vileta and the group joined in the reciting the Pledge ...