Crockpots and smiles galore, it was the annual Fall Soup Luncheon at the Toledo Public Library. From toddlers and babies to retirees, the luncheon was filled to the brim with hungry locals looking to have a slurp or two. As there was a chill breeze outside, many came inside and warmed up ...
PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SPOOKY MAN DAVIS
At Monday’s South Tama County school board meeting, Business Manager Katie Mathern provided the board with five-year financial projections. Main concerns centered around declining enrollment which in turn lowers the amount of state funding the district receives. Around $8,000 per student is ...
This week’s Tama City Council meeting was 90% EMS as they discussed the ins and outs of many of the issues. However, before they could get to EMS the subject of a nuisance property came up, which has seen some improvement, but not enough. The council approved going back to the lawyer to ...
It was a dark and rainy morning, one in which you would expect to see Gene Kelly dancing off a lamppost or singing in a puddle, but mostly you just saw the usual group making their way to this week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting. Several subjects were touched upon during the meeting, but ...
With the midterm election less than a week away, a who’s who of local, state and federal Republican legislators and candidates for office converged at the Reinig Center in Toledo on Wednesday afternoon for a meet and greet event in support of the party’s gubernatorial nominee, Zach Lahn, ...
AREA – The upcoming General Election set for Tuesday, Nov. 3, will feature a somewhat unusual race for Iowa Senate District 27. Up until recently, Republican state Sen. Annette Sweeney of Iowa Falls, the incumbent, was the only candidate in the race after she defeated her primary ...
Annette Sweeney, Republican candidate for Senate District 27 Annette Sweeney, 68, is an Iowa native who was raised on her family’s third-generation farm near Buckeye, and now resides in Iowa Falls with her husband Dave. The Sweeneys have two adult sons. She received a B.S.Ed. in English and ...
Ben Robertson, Write-in Candidate for Senate District 27 Ben Robertson, 59, is an Iowa native whose grandfather farmed in Grundy County for more than 75 years. He is adopted, one of 11 siblings in total, and from a mixed marriage. He lives in rural Reinbeck on a farm along with his wife. ...
Masked, fanged, caped, and filled with sugar, this year’s Tama-Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce Trunk r’ Treat was filled with hordes of masquerading children. Ghosts and superheroes alike went from business to business, filling their sacks with treats as some spooky tunes set the beat. ...