Karina Sue Cooper’s first degree murder trial has been reset to this July. This is the second reset in the case. After being arrested in February 2024 in connection with her husband Ryan Cooper’s murder, the trial was originally set to begin on Oct. 1, 2024, before being moved for the ...
MARSHALLTOWN — When Sadie Weekley first came to the Marshalltown Police Department (MPD) all the way back in 2007 after working as a Tama County jailer and as a patrol officer for the city of Toledo, the Dysart native was intrigued by the possibility of moving into a leadership role, but she ...
This week's Tama city council meeting was sparsely attended. In front of a crowd of two, the council started out approving a resolution to set the property rate public hearing for March 24 at 5:30. Next up, the council approved the first pay request for the 5th Street project in the amount of ...
TAMA COUNTY – Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) continue to impact Iowa’s deer population, prompting ongoing surveillance and management efforts by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Experts, including Catherine Cummings (Iowa State ...
Fifty years ago this month, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dr. Billy Graham must have stunned his First Nations hearers with this bold declaration for them and the tribes they represented: “When this sleeping giant awakens, the world will see the greatest revival it has ever known.” Graham was ...
TOLEDO – Did you know that Iowa has a unique funding source for free or low-cost annual testing of private wells? Or that some water pollutants are odorless, tasteless and will not be removed by boiling water? If you’re curious about the answers to these questions, then take advantage of an ...
DES MOINES — The Iowa Department of Education and the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council recently announced six teachers as the 2025 Iowa STEM Teacher Award recipients during a ceremony at the Iowa State Capitol. Each awardee represents one of Iowa’s six STEM regions. The annual ...
The first time South Tama County (STC) High School Speech Coach Dixie Forcht saw a cut of the short film five of her students filmed inside a shop that was once the Sheda’s Fur Trading plant in Chelsea near her home, she had an admittedly visceral reaction. For one, she watched her son Ryden, ...
The newest Tama Police Officer doesn't carry a badge because he doesn't need to. He's all hair and teeth with puppy dog eyes and walks with a four-legged strut that would make a poodle bark. I am talking about Creed, Tama PD's new K9 officer. To talk about Creed, you must also talk about ...
Although a federal judge recently dismissed one of the excessive force lawsuits filed against the city of Toledo and former Police Officer Kyle Howe, another is now pending on behalf of 27-year-old Issaias Romero of Tama, who was thrown onto the hood of Howe’s patrol car while he was ...