Letter to the Editor, This November 2nd Tama county voters will be selecting a new County Treasurer due to the retirement of long time County Treasurer Sandra Fowler. Michelle Yuska is running for the open position, and it’s clear that Michelle is the candidate in the race with the job ...
Letter to Editor: How our farmers have cared for the land has changed over the years. Farming has gone from being labor intensive to cash intensive. Mega farms use speedy implements to apply chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and/or fungicide to a section of farmland and quickly redeploy onto ...
Letter to Editor: The Dream Act is a proposed law to grant legal status to undocumented students who enroll in college education. In addition, these illegal immigrants would be eligible for reduced in-state tuition fees and federal student college loans. This law would impact thousands of ...
Dear Editor: Newt Gingrich is coming to Iowa State Fair to help republicans. He is going to talk about traditional marriage. Last i heard Newt is on his third wife. Newt has a lesbian sister. He said he coming to Iowa to help Chuck Grassley. Didn't Grassley try to impeach Clinton for what ...
Dear Editor: Earlier this year, I was driving through the school parking lot with my daughter, a teacher at South Tama, There, walking, was a girl who was wearing "short-shorts." When I say "short-shorts", I mean they barely covered her panty line. They could have passed for the bottom of a ...
Letter To the Editor: Do you remember? When Branstad was governor and he put a freeze on hiring and wages of the state employees. Not for 3 or 6 months, or 1 or 2 years but for 3 years. But, he gave himself a cozy pay raise. At the Veteran’s Home in Marshalltown, employees in positions of ...
Dear Editor: The difference between governor Culver and governor Brandstad. Governor Culver is spending money on highway construction, veterans home in Marshalltown, and juvenile home in Toledo. I remember governor Brandstad at ground breaking ceremony for a taxpayer horse track in ...
Letter to the Editor: I grew up in Tama. For nearly 60 Years I was able to enjoy Cherry Lake. As a Child I swam in the lake, I fished in the lake and walked completely around the lake in Play. As a young adult and even as I grew older I was able to drive down the south side to fish. We were ...
Letter to the Editor: When Bush was president, Jan Mickelson had Chuck Larson on and they were gun ho for the war. I remember them saying if you are against the war you must be a communist. Now Obama is president, Mickelson is against the war. Jan Mickelson the Des Moines, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. ...
Editor's Note: Hawkeye Valley Area Agency on Aging administers the Toledo Senior Meal Site Mobile Meals program for Tama County, and a variety of services for seniors. Letter to the Editor: President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Older Americans Act into law 45 years ago on July 14, 1965. ...