Local man Christian Ramirez-Zepeda, 19, was arrested by the Tama County Sheriff's Department on Sunday, Aug. 18, and charged with first degree criminal mischief, a Class C felony. Ramirez-Zepeda was charged with a crime allegedly committed back on the weekend of April 19. According to a ...
TOLEDO - This week's Toledo City Council meeting started out with the annual insurance renewal review for property and work comp. After Matt Zmolek gave his presentation and answered a few questions from the council, the renewal was approved. The committee heading up the Safe Routes to ...
TRAER – A Traer man has been arrested and charged with child endangerment after allegedly pulling a gun in the early morning hours of Aug. 8 while two victims — an adult and a minor — were present. Cody Darwin Winkowitsch, 35, was arrested on a warrant on Aug. 9 at his Second Street ...
There’s a new option in town for Tama-Toledo ice cream enthusiasts as Tay’s Ice Cream, located at 102 W. 3rd St. in Tama at the southwest intersection of 3rd and State, has been serving up smiles since opening back in July. Tay’s Ice Cream is run by Class of 2021 STC High School ...
TOLEDO – Karina Sue Cooper’s first degree murder trial has been reset to February of 2025. On July 30, Assistant Attorney General Michael H. Ringle filed a motion for a continuance of the 10-day jury trial which had been set to begin Oct. 1 of this year. The State asked for the date ...
As the morning dew still clung to blades of grass and the car windshield, many gathered for the week's supervisors' meeting. The Tama County Engineer, Ben Daleske, kicked off the main part of the meeting like always with his report talking about how Iowa Bridge and Culvert is working on F ...
This week's Tama City Council meeting started with a subject discussed last week at the Toledo City Council meeting; the Visioning Committee's safe routes to school grant application and funding. The council received a brief explanation of what would happen and where the planned sidewalks and ...
GLADBROOK — Summer is in full swing, and many families are growing home gardens. Preserving your garden’s summer bounty is a great way to enjoy your home-grown produce year-round – as long as you don’t serve food borne illness, like botulism, with your home-preserved foods, say ...
AMES – It’s no secret that much of Iowa’s farmland is rented, and non-operator farmland owners are often considered to be out-of-touch if they do not live on the land they rent. But data from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach shows that most landowners live fairly close to ...