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Toledo Farmers Market

Market Report for June 22, 2018It was a very busy night at the Toledo Farmers' Market. Seymour was performing on this Friday night. The crowd was immense; the customers were anxiously waiting for the whistle to blow. After making their purchases they needed to get to their seats to enjoy a ...

What’s Happening at the Wieting?

I took a short unplanned vacation last week. I'm back in the saddle again. The theatre is getting back into shape.Did you see the photos that John took and shared with us? Can you imagine working that high in the air? It takes a lot of nerves.Carol Matta and I are busy working on the upcoming ...

On the Stump: Politics 2018

FIRST UP: Tim Gannon, the Democratic nominee for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture met with us (Betty Dahms, editor of The Gladbrook Northern Sun-Print and Reinbeck Courier and myself) on Thursday, June 21 takes the honor of being the first candidate for the November 2018 General Election to visit ...

Summertime in Chelsea in the 60’s

School's out for summer! St. Joseph's Catholic School and the Chelsea Public School are officially closed for the summer months.The town kids in Chelsea are free as birds. We've got the world by the tail and there's ball games to be played, cricks, creeks and rivers to explore, forts to be made ...

Toledo Farmers Market

Market Report for June 15, 2018It was hot, but there was a breeze blowing through the Toledo Farmers' Market on this Friday night. The market had plenty of vendors who had an abundance of products.Kristi brought rolls, cookies, breads, bars, pies, Czech bakeries, and Czech bakeries. Look for ...

Toledo Farmers Market

Market Report for June 8, 2018Another fabulous might for the Toledo Farmers' Market. The vendors were ready and the customers had their goods in their hands when the whistle blew.Kristi brought plenty of cookies, bars, breads, pies, rolls, and her Czech bakery.Caryn was ready to go with jams, ...

What’s Happening at the Wieting?

Tama and Toledo will be featured on KCRG channel 9's "Our Town" program starting the week of June 18 during the 6 p.m. newscast. The 6 p.m. feature will be rerun the next morning. I don't know the time for the early morning rerun.Those taking part in the daily feature are King Tower, part of ...

What’s Happening at the Wieting?

The fishing was a farce. Too hot for the fish and too hot for me. I found a COOL room to relax in and had a couple of cold Pepsi . Now that is how to fish!Looked for a birthday party. Found one and celebrated with them. Nice time.Not much happening at the theatre/ Stuff they are doing isn't ...

Growing Tama County

So a moth goes into a podiatrist's office. "Come in," says the podiatrist, "What's the problem?" The moth drops down into the nearest chair and says "What's the problem? I don't even know where to start. First of all, my boss is a vicious tyrant who gets off on the petty torments he puts me ...

Toledo Farmers Market

Market Report for May 25, 2018Bearing in mind it was a holiday weekend the Toledo Farmers' Market was a busy place. I hope everyone had a relaxing safe Memorial Day weekend. The articles are a little mixed up this week. Hopefully we will get back on track next week. Thanks for reading.April ...