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STC applies to join the NICL

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After 10 years competing in the WaMaC Conference, district administration at South Tama County has begun pursuing a different conference to call home — in this case, a familiar one. On Monday, April 8 South Tama sent a letter to the North Iowa Cedar League (NICL) conference formally ...

Public hearings galore

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Public hearings at this week's Tama City Council meeting outnumbered the members of the public that were actually in attendance at the meeting. Three public hearings regarding the sale of different City of Tama properties kicked off the meeting. All three public hearings received no comment and ...

On the run through Tama County

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Austin Wilson, a resident of Packwood, was arrested in Tama County on March 10. A sheriff's deputy responded to Highway E66 near Chelsea after a call was placed stating that two individuals came to a local citizen's house looking for help. After arriving on the scene, the deputy found a ...

Coming home

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MARSHALLTOWN — Doby and Lane Williams can remember the days before pickleball became a national phenomenon and one of the fastest growing activities in the country. Back then, it was just a dedicated group of players meeting up at the East Marshall High School gym in Le Grand and putting ...

Five things to know from the April 2 STC School Board meeting

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South Tama will welcome in a Director of Curriculum this summer as schools all over Iowa prepare for upcoming changes to the state’s Area Education Agencies (AEAs). Under the most recent education bill signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds on March 27, schools will be given control over 10 percent of ...

Tama County to hire new zoning administrator, weed commissioner

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TOLEDO – Tama County needs a new zoning and planning administrator. On Monday during the regular weekly meeting, the Tama County Board of Supervisors accepted Marshall County’s termination of the two counties’ shared zoning contract. Last fall the counties entered into a 28E ...

Children’s Theatre Camp returns this summer

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TAMA-TOLEDO — “The School for Spies” is coming to The Wieting Theatre. This musical is designed for students of all levels of theatre experience. Campers will audition, rehearse and perform a musical alongside three professional teaching artists… in one week. The “School for Spies” ...

Tama SWCD Scholarship winner announced

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TAMA Ñ Kaylynn Murty, of rural Tama, is this year's recipient of Tama Soil & Water Conservation District's $1,000 High School Scholarship and is the daughter of Tim and Ashley Murty. She is finishing her senior year at South Tama County High School before heading to Iowa State University ...