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The EMS of cool

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Their shirts are blood red with a snake curling around the logo in the center. No, it isn't a local biker gang on the prowl. It is the new logo and merchandise available from Tama EMS. It was a team effort down at Tama Emergency Medical Services to come up with the fresh snake infested ...

Windy Goat Acres named a Best Hipcamp to visit in Iowa

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CHELSEA — Windy Goat Acres, near Chelsea has been named a winner of Hipcamp’s Best in State awards. The annual Hipcamp Awards celebrate the platform’s top-performing Hipcamp Hosts and the properties — those that provide magical experiences for Hipcampers time and time again. In order ...

Insurance and puppies

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TAMA - Monday's Tama City Council meeting started off with Matt Zmolek discussing the town's insurance. The council approved adding items they maintained from the Tama Paper Mill purchase to their insurance. They also approved going with Provident Insurance Company. The council approved ...

Celebrate ISU Extension and Outreach Week in Tama County

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AMES — Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Week is April 15-20. Iowa’s 100 county extension offices will host “I Spy Cy” activities and educational events throughout the week to thank Iowans for their support of ISU Extension and Outreach throughout the state. “This ...

Say cheese

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TAMA - In early January, the City of Tama's decision to have traffic cameras installed in troubled areas became official after the third reading of the amended traffic ordinance received no public opposition. The cameras went up in two locations around Tama in mid-February but were not ...

The March Sisters in April

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Places, lights, curtains, and away we go. Next week, the STC high school cast of this year's play will whisk you away back to the 1800s to tell you the story of the March sisters. 'Little Women' is the production in question; the story, originally written by Louisa May Alcott in 1868, has since ...

County candidates file for June 4 primary election

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TOLEDO – Last week Friday at 5 p.m. the county filing deadline passed for the June 4 primary election. The offices of county auditor and county sheriff, as well as five seats on the county board of supervisors, will all be on the Tama County primary ballot this June. Tama County ...

‘A hiring crisis’

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TOLEDO - Toledo Police Chief Dan Quigley and Lieutenant Nathan Wunn made a presentation to the city council at Monday night's meeting to address some serious concerns — a hiring crisis, in the chief’s words. Currently, there are two open positions at the Toledo Police Department, ...

The new rules

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TOLEDO - This week's Supervisors meeting was all about rules and handbooks. But before they got into all that, the supervisors had this week's report from the engineer. Contract rock has finished being delivered, and trucks were out clearing roads after last week's bout of snow. The K Avenue ...

Tommy Hexter of Grinnell is running for Iowa House District 53

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GRINNELL – Tommy is the director of Grinnell Farm To Table, a local food business that connects over 35 local farmers with consumers in Poweshiek and Tama County and provides food access to 8 community food pantries in the area. He also works for Iowa Farmers Union as a rural organizer ...