The Tama City Council was joined by a fresh new face at this week's meeting. Elaina Martinez was appointed the newest council member and sworn in immediately after. Council member Martinez took her spot among the others, and the meeting continued. Tama Police Officer Tyler Ayala-Pagan, who is ...
MANKATO, Minn. — Minnesota State University, Mankato awarded 2,917 degrees to 2,463 students at the end of the spring 2026 semester. Commencement ceremonies were held Friday, May 8 at 3 p.m. for the College of Business and at 6 p.m. for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Area ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — The 2026 Kirkwood Community College Commencement Ceremony was held at 10 a.m. on May 9 at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in downtown Cedar Rapids. Area graduates included: Chelsea Milligan, of Chelsea, Associate of Arts; Emily Hulme, of Clutier, Certificate; Ashley Elsbury, of ...
MONTOUR — Four years ago, Mike and Jenny Vinson left the big city of Toronto and returned back to the area where she was born and raised near Montour, citing restrictions on churches in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic as the primary driving factor. Mike, a recently naturalized U.S. ...
MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT — History was quietly made on April 28 with the largest mass return to date of Meskwaki objects from a single institution: over 200 items came home in a single day. This marks the first time that a collection came back as a single group. Known as the “Mary Alicia Owen ...
Who has the tougher lawn mower? That was the question that started it all. Bryce Dammann and Nohlen Peshel were debating this exact topic, and there’s only one way to find out the right answer: have a lawn mower pull. Bryce, Nohlen, Nick Peshel, Sam Ferris, and Larry Werner are the men ...
At Monday’s school board meeting, progress was made in the search for a buyer of the old middle school, Superintendent John Cain announced to the board. “I believe we’ve got a bid, that we’ll talk about a little bit later,” he said, alluding to the closed session following the ...
EMS was the subject of multiple agenda items at this week’s Tama City Council meeting. The council was informed about some small repairs on unit 241 and a new brush guard that was attached. The council approved a few new members for EMS staffing as well, pending volunteer approval. The ...
The Toledo Police Department took the spotlight at this week’s Toledo City Council meeting. Toledo Police Chief Dan Quigley awarded three of his officers, Igor Dias, Andrew Bunce, and Nathan Wunn, with special commendations. Quigley talked about giving this recognition. “Public ...
Chairman Mark Doland was absent this week, so the second in charge, Supervisor Heather Knebel, ran the meeting this bright Monday morning. Kicking off the meeting with the roads report, it was said that rocking and chloride will be done this week, and they plan on reblading K Avenue weekly. A ...