TOLEDO – Former Traer resident Huston William Danker’s first degree murder trial which had been scheduled to begin last week in Johnson County – after being reset twice since the original date of Nov. 4, 2024 – has been reset for a third time to later this summer. On Dec. 26, 2024, ...
At Monday’s board meeting, the transfers of Ben Adams and Scott Bolen were made official. From the current Middle School Principal and Assistant Principal, Adams and Bolen will fill these same roles at the high school beginning next school year. Chelsea Ahrens was approved to move from high ...
TOLEDO – Tama County Public Health & Home Care is literally on a roll in 2025. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tama County was awarded American Rescue Plan Act funds to be used specifically for public health. To that end, Tama County Public Health (TCPH) supported a variety of programs ...
When the clock struck five with its balled fists on Monday, the Toledo City Council meeting was called to order. First up on the agenda was a raise to the salaries of the EMS workers. The council approved a raise that would cost the city approximately $8,000. The council approved moving ...
As the sun stretched and yawned and rose in the east to shine down on another chilly winter day, the usual faces gathered for this week's Supervisors meeting. The meeting started, like it often does, with the engineer's report. The main point of interest being that they took care of the bit of ...
TOLEDO – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County will host an Ag Pest Control and Seed Treatment Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. The program, provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety ...
WATERLOO — Hawkeye Community College announces the Dean's List for the fall 2024 semester. The Dean's List is an official recognition of outstanding academic accomplishment by full-time students. To make the Dean’s List, an individual must be a full-time student and successfully complete 12 ...
TOLEDO — The weeklong trial of former Elberon Public Library Director Bailey Anne Jenkins concluded last Friday as a Tama County jury found her guilty of solicitation to commit a felony and second degree criminal mischief after a group of children ransacked and vandalized the facility on May ...
TOLEDO — A Marshalltown man with an extensive rap sheet has been arrested and charged by the Tama County Sheriff’s Office in connection with the late December burglaries of the Garwin and Gladbrook American Legions as well as a Jan. 2 robbery at the Tama-Toledo Eagles Club. Convicted ...
CLUTIER — Bill Douglas is a student of history, especially in Iowa, but as recently as seven years ago, he had never read a comprehensive account of the state’s religions and how they grew and spread. So, naturally, he set out to write one on his own. The result is “The People Are ...