TOLEDO - This week's County Supervisor's meeting started with idle chit-chat and ended with a lively spat. The meeting, as usual, included the Engineer's report, which stated that they are currently working on removing a snow trap on 250th Street. The Toledo Deer Creek bridge is nearing ...
There was an unusually large turnout for this week's Tama City Council meeting, with the biggest subject on the docket being water. After an advisory came out last week informing the public about the current levels of PFOS or Forever Chemicals in the drinking water, many locals wanted to know ...
OTTER CREEK LAKE & PARK – Tama County Conservation is in search of muskrat trappers at Otter Creek Lake & Park to remove nuisance animals. Availability is limited and interested parties must receive special permission prior to trapping. Contact Park Officer Riley Conrad at ...
The dry growing conditions of 2022 and 2023 have left some cattlemen with a short supply of hay and poor pastures that resulted in stored hay being fed during the summer. Tight hay supplies will likely lead to higher prices later in the winter-feeding period. Other feeds like corn silage and ...
TRAER - America's strongest drink will be mixed up on Saturday, November 11, in Traer. Frontlines United Inc., a local nonprofit that was started just last February, is the force behind the event entitled The Punch Bowl. The Punch Bowl ceremony was suggested by a local friend of Frontlines ...
It was chilly, it was breezy, and two of Toledo's finest were standing in the Fareway parking lot. Last Saturday between 10 and 2, if you drove down the main drag, chances are some flashing lights would have caught your eye. That's because Toledo Police Officer and South Tama's School ...
Last Friday, up town Toledo was filled with all sorts of legal frights. Children of all ages dressed in the best and the scariest costumes walked along State Street Trick R' Treating from the Counties emergency services. From the firefighters and paramedics to police officers and a K-9 ...
Candidate name: Joe Boll Profession: Retired Education: STC 1967, UNI BA 1971 Family: Wife Janet 1. What makes you want this position? My desire to serve the Toledo community is why I am running for city council. 2. What would you do if elected? I would attempt to lead the community ...
Candidate name: John Anderson Age: 61 Profession: Engineering Technician Education: U of Iowa, U of Illinois, Kirkwood College Total 129 credit hrs. Qualify for Strategic Technology Enterprise, one class away from Business Management Enterprise. Currently taking online classes at ...
Candidate name: Clint Werner Age: 53 Profession: Self employed small business owner and farmer Education: High school Family: Wife Kathy, Son Tony and daughter Edy and 2 grandkids 1. What makes you want this position? Want to see through the new Middle school completion on or ...