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News Briefs

New! Pet contest at LHB Festival

TAMA NEWS-HERALD - Think your pet is the prettiest? Or does it have a face only an owner can love? Does your pet do tricks that amaze your friends? Now is your chance to show them off!  This year the Lincoln Bridge Festival will be holding it’s first ever Pet Event allowing you to showcase ...

Welcome to the 32nd annual Lincoln Highway Bridge Festival

HAPPENINGS: The 32nd Annual Lincoln Highway Bridge Festival gets underway with the celebration taking place this year on Friday and Saturday, May 20 and 21. A full slate of events is being planned that ensures something for everybody! On, Friday, welcome back the Firemen’s ...

Wily turtles avoiding capture

TAMA NEWS-HERALD - Tension mounts as the Lincoln Bridge Festival approaches. The great turtle hunting is in full force; however, the turtles are not cooperating. Chief Wilkens and Sergeant Filloonhave recruited help from some of ourlocal kids, so there is still hope thatthe Kiwanis’ Turtle ...

Patti Youngman is Tama Citizen of the Year

TAMA NEWS-HERALD -“I very much appreciate being nominated, I was very surprised,” Patti Youngman said Monday. “I knew nothing about the nomination until Tama firemen came and told me. I just felt very honored and appreciate the thought.” Youngman,63,was selected from nominations made as ...

A Matter of Balance Workshop scheduled in Toledo starting June 2

TOLEDO CHRONICLE - Do you have concerns about falling? Have you cut down on your favorite activity because you might fall? Hawkeye Valley Area Agency on Aging is offering A Matter of Balance, an award winning workshop designed to help reduce the fear of falling and increase the activity levels ...

“Challenge to Dousing Doubters”

TAMA NEWS-HERALD - It’s a fact that many people doubt the art of dousing. I know because I was definitely one of them. However, a few years ago on a Pioneer Cemetery~ Joanne Bidwell proved me wrong. I experienced dousing hands-on, a I became a believer. Dousing is very real. It is employed ...

Emergency Mgt., 911 Board meets tonight – May 10

TOLEDO CHRONICLE - Tama County 911 service Board and the Emergency Management Commission will meet tonight (Tuesday, May 10) beginning at 7 p.m. at the Tama county Administration Building, supervisors conference room, 104 W, State St., Toledo. Among agenda items are Communications Center space, ...

Toledo City Council meets Monday, May 9

OLEDO CHRONICLE - The Toledo City Council will meet on Monday, May 9, at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers, Toledo Community Building, 103 s. Church St. Meetings areopen to the public. Agenda itesm include: •Tama County Economic Development update •Alley between Church and Green ...

Tama Citizen of the Year nomination deadline is on Thursday, May 12

TAMA NEWS-HERALD - You still have time to nominate a Tama resident for the Citizen on the Year honor. But the deadline is fast approaching. Nominations must be received in the office of Tama City Clerk Judy Welch by Thursday, May 12 at 5 p.m. Each year since 1982 the Tama Firefighters ...

Strong America Now meets May 10 in Toledo

TAMA NEWS-HERALD - An informational meeting will be held for Strong America Now, a grassroots effort to eliminate waste and fraud in our Federal Government without raising taxes. Strong America Now seeks to use “Lean Six Sigma” methods that businesses have been using for decades to reduce ...