1. During the regular meeting of the South Tama County Board of Education on Feb. 22, Activities Director Anthony Jahr provided an update to the board on the sanctioning of girls wrestling in Iowa before asking the board to approve the addition of Girls Wrestling at STC for the 2022-2023 school ...
Despite having a presence in the Tama-Toledo market for a short time, WCF Financial Bank’s Tama branch continues to record impressive growth. Bank employees Kelly Smith and Jenn Thiessen are both well-established, long-time bankers in Tama-Toledo as they lead the bank’s efforts in the ...
Pinnacle Bank is pleased to announce the addition of Lisa Crouch to its staff as Customer Service Representative. Crouch is a graduate of South Tama and has most recently worked as a secretary for the Marshalltown Community School District. Crouch serves as a “Big” with Big Brothers Big ...
A group of eight South Tama Middle School students were honored recently as being the Students of the Month for the month of January. These students were nominated by middle school staff for their excellent examples of respect, responsibility, and showing positive relationships. Pictured are ...
With the condition of the U.S. economy at the forefront of conversations from Wall Street down to the kitchen table this year, it came as no surprise that U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) would be focusing on business-related issues during a central Iowa swing through tour last week. On ...
One of the biggest holidays of the year occurred this week for florist retailers around the country. In Tama, the staff at Tama Florist have been bringing smiles and brightening the Valentine’s Day season for people in the Tama-Toledo community for more than 40 years. Last year, owners ...
A change is coming later this year that will remove park rangers and managers from their state-owned houses at 23 state parks throughout the state of Iowa, including Union Grove State Park in western Tama County. In a story first reported by The Gazette in early February, it was revealed that ...
A strong group of district qualifiers produced a strong group of state qualifiers for South Tama this weekend. The Trojans will send three district champions including Amare Chavez (120), Logan Arp (138) and Gavin Bridgewater (220), along with district runner-up Rudy Papakee (195) to represent ...
South Tama’s large group speech program is headed back to the All-State Festival this winter. This time with not one, but two events honored with the designation of being a performing act to be presented before their peers as well as special guest critic judges. On Saturday, Feb. 5 more than ...
Well over a dozen residents gathered at Tama City Hall Monday to hear what they thought might be the fate of the historic Lincoln Highway Bridge on 5th Street in Tama. What transpired however was more of a pitstop than a final destination along the bridge’s recent journey. For the past ...