The Tri-County Community Band will begin rehearsals once again for their annual performance at the Lincoln Highway Bridge Festival, which will be on Friday, May 15 at the Tama Civic Center. If you have a musical background, you are encouraged to attend rehearsals on Monday evenings from 7 to ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean's List for the fall 2025 semester. These students have achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after completing 12 or more credit hours at the college. Kirkwood students from the area earning this distinction include: ...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas managed by the Iowa DNR’s Iowa River Unit in Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Linn and Tama counties. Areas scheduled for prescribed burns are on Mink Run, in Cedar County; ...
TAMA COUNTY – Want to become a Tama Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) Commissioner, give back to your community and have a positive impact on Iowa’s land, water and people? Seats for two (2) Tama SWCD commissioners will be found on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot, ...
Some Iowa farmers and cattle ranchers have been negatively impacted by tariffs and are speaking out. Last Wednesday, Berleen Wobeter of rural Toledo, Dave Muhlbauer of Crawford and Ryan Marquardt of Madison participated in a virtual roundtable hosted by the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) to voice ...
GLADBROOK — “PIEOWA: A PIECE OF AMERICA” proved to be a slice above the rest during its Gladbrook run last weekend. The award-winning documentary by Ottumwa native Beth M. Howard screened on Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Gladbrook Theater and featured an interview with local ...
The question of what’s next for the old STC Middle School was of discussion for the school board at Monday night’s meeting. The property, which sits on South Green Street, was previously listed in 2025, garnered attention, but ultimately no deal was made between the district and a ...
Again, walking through melting snow and cold temperatures, citizens showed up for this week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting a little more chilled than last week. Home health was once again an agenda item and subject of discussion, and a memorandum was approved to be sent to the Tama County ...
MARSHALLTOWN — After two years without another engineer on the city staff besides herself, Marshalltown Public Works Director Heather Thomas is excited to welcome former Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske to her team as a Civil Engineer II and get him up to speed on a wide range of ongoing ...
July 4, 2026, will be the last year for fireworks set off by the City of Toledo. At Monday’s Toledo Council meeting, the council decided to take out the line item from the 2027 fiscal year. Unless citizens fundraise or a donation of money comes in, the city will not be putting on fireworks in ...