TOLEDO – Under the shade of a giant oak tree and just a stone’s throw away from the local county Republicans’ campaign office, State Auditor Rob Sand – Iowa’s only statewide elected Democrat – spoke to about a dozen people last Thursday afternoon on the lawn of the Tama County ...
GLADBROOK – Tama County American Legion and Auxiliary will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Gladbrook Legion Hall at 1:30 p.m. There will be a memorial service for all Legion and Auxiliary members deceased in the last year. Please get your list of deceased members to Lorraine Vileta.
TAMA - The first Tama City Council meeting of October started with a quick public hearing. After the public hearing, the resolution for a budget amendment to the FY25 budget was approved. The possibility of a burn ban was talked about, and it was decided to go week to week. The purchase of ...
A crowd of around 100 interested spectators from around House District 53 filed into the Tama American Legion on Monday night to hear from incumbent Rep. Dean Fisher (R-Montour) and challenger Tommy Hexter (D-Grinnell) during a forum sponsored by the local chapter of the American Association of ...
A month into the new school year, and the first STC art gallery is already on display. In the hallway of the South Tama County High School across from the office, several works of art ranging in medium and subject can be seen. The artwork by the STC students was all done in class under the ...
TOLEDO – Huston William Danker’s first degree murder trial which was originally set to begin on Nov. 4, 2024, has been reset again. On Sept. 6, defense attorney Leon F. Spies of Iowa City, Assistant Attorneys General Michael H. Ringle and Israel J. Kodiaga, and Tama County Attorney Brent ...
GLADBROOK – A ‘wind-win’ situation played out recently for some local first responders. As part of the Vienna Wind Farm repowering (upgrading) project in Tama and Marshal counties which took place this past summer, first responders from the Gladbrook and Lincoln areas participated in ...
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO — The 2024 Meskwaki Settlement School homecoming court has been announced. Candidates are, from left to right, Sophie Shuckahosee, Nate Seymour, Sadie Stewart, Tenoch Estrada-Snow, Kiance Roberts-Keahna, Ethan Hainline, Angelina Dye and Jayven Roberts. A coronation ceremony ...
As the cool fall breeze blew through town, rustling the leaves, the usual bunch gathered for the Supervisor's meeting. It started off, like normal, with the engineer's report stating that Denco is finishing up filling cracks. The department will be dirt patching and decided to go with John ...
On Sept. 5, the Toledo Police Department formally filed charges against a Tama man suspected of grooming, kidnapping and sexually abusing a teenage victim. Jose Sic Muz, 40, was taken to the Tama County Jail, and he has since posted a $10,000 bond and been released. According to a criminal ...