The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team members have experienced a busy spring. On April 11, the team seniors Jill Hanson (Union High School), Shelby Johnston (West Marshall High School) and Rhianna Murty (GMG High School) traveled to Ames, for the Iowa Cattlemen’s Foundation Youth Beef Team ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will host storyteller Darrin Crow for a program titled “Coal Car Riggs and Little Eva: The Great Depression in Iowa" on Wednesday, May 13, at 6:30 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St, Toledo. This first-person story weaves together the ...
BROOKLYN — The Brooklyn Opera House, a historic cornerstone in the Brooklyn community since 1911, is excited to announce its upcoming spring and summer events. This season’s schedule features a mix of live music, community theater, and family-friendly programming, including a golf ...
FAYETTE — Upper Iowa University has announced its 2026 Honors and Awards program recipients. As one of the honorees, Mayla Kiebach, of Toledo, was awarded the Dr. J. M. and Zinita Dickman Murphy Scholarship.
TOLEDO – The Tama County Community Foundation (TCCF) held its 2026 grant awards celebration at the Wieting Theatre Monday April 13, announcing the distribution of $193,436.99 to 26 projects undertaken by organizations serving Tama County. 2026 grant cycle Decisions on grant awards are ...
With the addition of a roof, new lighting and sound system in place, improvements to the 1938 downtown Toledo Bandstand are about 90 percent complete according to project chairman Jim Roan. The total cost of the project is now $125,201, paid by 56 donors and boosted by the City of Toledo, Tama ...
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has presented the prestigious National Association of Secretaries of State Medallion Award to Iowa State Representative Dean Fisher for his work on Iowa’s Safe at Home program and to recognize the 10-year anniversary of the program’s ...
The halls of South Tama Middle School were transformed this week into an art gallery for the annual WaMaC Conference Art Show, showcasing nearly 120 pieces of student artwork from across the WaMaC West division. Participating schools included Benton Community, Clear Creek Amana, Grinnell, ...
Fire drills, lockdown drills, inclement weather drills, shelter in place drills, and now evacuation drills are practiced at the South Tama County schools. School Resource Officer Vern Jefferson explained the evacuation drill. “Examples for an evacuation could be a fire, gas leak and/or any ...
As the inaugural year of the Tama-Toledo Christian School draws to a close, administrators and board members are already preparing for the 2026–2027 academic year. In the coming year, TTCS will be adding 9th grade, allowing the school to provide a Christ-centered educational experience in ...