Those driving on Iowa 8 between Traer and Dysart will need to be aware of the upcoming closure of Iowa 8 that may slow down a trip, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Marshalltown construction office. Beginning at 7 a.m. on Sept. 9, through Oct.10, weather permitting, ...
TOLEDO — After years of planning, failed bond attempts, leadership transitions, and years of construction, leaders of the South Tama County Community School District officially cut the ribbon on the new middle school in Toledo — the former Iowa Juvenile Home — on Thursday ...
A new era in local education began on Monday as the South Tama County Middle School officially opened to students and staff on the former Iowa Juvenile Home campus, and the newly established, nondenominational Tama-Toledo Christian School (TTCS) welcomed 33 students in grades K-8 for the first ...
In a report released last Friday, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office concluded that the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Tama man Logan Kurth by Lt. Nathan Wunn of the Toledo Police Department on July 5 was legally justified. The report also provides further details about the circumstances ...
This week’s Toledo City Council meeting saw the possible end to an ongoing local situation. Angie Blocker, fresh off her Toledo Board of Adjustment meeting from the week prior, went before the council to again talk about the basement apartment in her newly purchased uptown Toledo building on ...
Toledo Bandstand to receive a facelift TOLEDO — Toledo Bandstand renovations are set to begin in full swing beginning on Sept. 8, with an 8 a.m. groundbreaking ceremony. Located on the east side of the Tama County Courthouse lawn in downtown Toledo, it has served as the site for countless ...
This week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting started with a lively back-and-forth during the public comment time. Afterwards, the official meeting kicked off with Ben Daleske, the Tama County Engineer, giving his weekly report, saying that H Avenue has been finished up and that they are ...
Monday night's school board meeting was short and sweet with little on the agenda. Both Joe Hanus and Megan Thiessen were once again absent leaving the decisions to be made by only three of five board members. With no presentations or public comments, the board moved right through the agenda. ...
AMES — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced a new state-funded conservation cost-share pilot project supporting farmers and landowners in the watersheds upstream from the Des Moines and Cedar Rapids metropolitan areas. The Streamside Buffer Initiative encourages farmers and ...
GARWIN – A Garwin man has been arrested and charged with animal neglect following the discovery of a deceased dog at his residence. According to court documents, on Wednesday, Aug. 20 just after 9 p.m., Daltin Allen Dillingham, 26, of Garwin was arrested and charged with driving under ...