Wolfcom was the main topic of this week's Toledo Council meeting. Wolfcom is the Toledo Police department's previous camera system. The police department switched systems mid-last year. Four to five years' worth of footage from the old cameras are stored on Wolfcom's cloud. Toledo's access to ...
This year, the South Tama County and Meskwaki Settlement School basketball programs came together in a joint effort to raise money in the fight against cancer by hosting a Coaches vs. Cancer event on February 5, 2024. This was a varsity girl-boy double header game that was originally scheduled ...
This week's supervisors' meeting had more than a couple of items on the agenda, but like always, it kicked off with the engineer. The engineer reported that they've been working on getting areas cleaned up and hauling rock to the muddier sections. With the lack of frost, they were able to ...
Congratulations to our STC Middle School Students of the Month for December! These Trojans have shown excellent examples of respect, responsibility, and positive relationships! #thetrojanway. Left to Right: Denilson Castro Sical (5th), Javier Galeana Nunez (5th), Bentley Stechcon (6th), ...
Excitement is building around the new and improved South Tama Lions Club, which officially relaunched with a soup supper held at the Tama American Legion last Thursday evening. It was a festive and joyous occasion with a raffle drawing and plenty of information shared about the future goals ...
When the Iowa Juvenile Home/Girls State Training School closed at the order of then-Gov. Terry Branstad under controversial circumstances in 2014, the future of the building that housed it in the heart of Toledo was murky at best. After failed attempts by area legislators to reopen the ...
A wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of the estate of a Chelsea man who was killed during a standoff with Tama County deputies in 2021 has been voluntarily dropped with no settlement reached. According to court documents, Shawn R. Fowlkes, the executor of the late Dewey Dale Wilfong ...
The city of Toledo is facing a fourth federal lawsuit tied to the alleged actions of one former police officer. In 2023, Toledo city officials publicly condemned one of its police officers, Kyle Howe, for multiple instances of excessive force. Howe resigned in the midst of an internal ...
TAMA - One of the biggest pieces of information in this week's Tama City Council meeting was the fact that Tama is now subject to a lawsuit due to a suit filed against former Toledo Police Officer Kyle Howe and former Tama Police Officer Anthony Rodriguez. The meeting started with a ...
TOLEDO - This Monday's supervisors started like usual, with a report from the engineer. They've finished mixing some more sand and salt and will work on shaping up roads. The K Avenue bridge deck has been poured. An easement for a right of way on E Avenue was approved. Also approved were a few ...