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Toledo council wraps up a speedy meeting quickly

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TOLEDO - This week's Toledo City Council meeting seemed to break all land speed records, as it was started and finished in less than half an hour. This blink and you miss it meeting started with a resolution to amend the city personnel handbook with some new policies. The new police shift ...

Stoplight Festival 2024 a swell time

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TOLEDO — It was a warm July evening at the Stoplight Festival, which was held last Friday, July 12 in downtown Toledo. After previous run ins with a pandemic, weather, and RAGBRAI, the festival was up and running this year with a large turnout of citizens from near and far on hand to enjoy ...

Amaya Peterson is State Fair Bound as 2024 Tama County Fair Queen

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GLADBROOK - The Crowning of the 2024 Tama County Fair Queen took place on Tuesday evening, July 16, at the Tama County 4-H Fairgrounds in Gladbrook. Mistresses of Ceremonies for the evening were 2022 Tama County Fair Queen, Kaylynn Murty, 2023 Tama Counry Fair Queen Adelyn Siencknecht, and ...

South Tama Prairie continues to bloom and grow

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Buds and blossoms, nature and wildlife, the South Tama Prairie draws in all elements of the outdoors. Established in 2021 after Denise Fletcher was awarded $1,500 of prairie grass seed, the prairie is currently thriving and in bloom just south of the elementary school. The last few years ...

‘Citizens don’t realize that EMS isn’t already tax-funded’

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DYSART – Local emergency medical service agencies are hoping a supermajority of Tama County voters will give the thumbs up this November to funding EMS as essential by approving a new property tax levy. Last Thursday, the newly formed Tama County EMS Advisory Council held its inaugural ...

Quilts of Valor presented to seven area servicemen

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GARWIN – Seven Tama County area men were presented with a Quilt of Valor on Wednesday, July 3, as part of the July 4 Freedom Days celebration held in Garwin. Members of the Central Iowa Quilt Sew-ciety were on hand to help with the presentation of the quilts. These men were honored for ...

Old ice cream makers program set for Aug. 14

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TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present a program on old ice cream makers on Wednesday, August 14, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St, Toledo. Susan Witzel started collecting ice cream items when she first heard about “penny licks.” The types ...

June brings historic rainfall to northwest Iowa

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IOWA – Some areas of northwest Iowa received more than half a year's worth of rain during the final week of June, leading to significant flooding conditions, according to the latest Water Summary Update. June’s preliminary statewide rainfall average was 5.22 inches. However, precipitation ...

A dark and stormy meeting

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TAMA - As the storms brewed, thunder crashed, and lightning flashed across the darkened sky, many gathered for the Tama City Council meeting. Nolan Peshel was first up on the agenda. The child entrepreneur stood in front of the council members as the wind howled outside the windows. Mr. ...

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel Announces Kurt Schmidt as new CFO

Business

TAMA – Scott Sirois, General Manager of Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel in Tama, recently announced the appointment of Kurt Schmidt as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Schmidt started his casino career as CFO for the Ho-Chunk Nation in Wisconsin and then proceeded working throughout the years for ...