I didn't catch any fish, my fishing pole was broken. Well, back to work.First our movie this week is "San Andreas" and it runs Thurs., Fri., and Sunday, July 2nd, 3rd and 5th. NO MOVIE on JULY 4th There will be a wedding at the Wieting instead.Stoplight Festival is coming up with lots of ...

Now to be fair to everyone, YOUR HOMETOWN can be used here. All of the little towns, communities and places we called home had their own unique personality. But in many ways we were also all alike. Especially here in God's Country-Iowa! Remember Field of Dreams--"Is this Heaven? No, It's ...

It was another magnificent night for the Toledo Farmers Market. A total of 13 vendors came to market to sell their products.Cindy has broccoli, taters, and kohlrabi. Darold had onions, taters, napa cabbage, kale, and turnips. Chuck and Ginger had taters, broccoli, cabbage, peas, beets, black ...

This Sunday, June 21, is the day we honor good 'ol Dad, or as some say, the "old man." It's a day set aside to give dad the chance to do anything he wants...within reason of course, (which is what Deb always says). Drat! The past week or so, I've had my team of investigative reporters going ...

Market Report for June 12, 2015The Toledo Farmers Market started with the blow of the whistle. Fourteen vendors filled there tables with a wide variety to choose from.Kristi had twisty, kolaches, rolicky, rye bread, caramel rolls, cinnamon rolls, pies, cookies, and scotcharoos. Cindy had ...

I was going fishin' this week but thought I'd better give you a report of the 10th anniversary of the Tama County Community Foundation.The celebration was held in the ZCBJ Hall in Clutier. What a lovely old building. You can tell the town people take pride in this building.There was a good ...

Market Report for June 5, 2015Wow, what a night. The first Footloose Friday was a huge success. A massive crowd was moving around the Toledo Farmers Market. There were eighteen vendors with plenty of items on their tables for their customers. The entertainment was outstanding. Thanks ...

A while back the following people were instructed to write down their personal thoughts about "Today." Here are a few of their answers.* Today, I interviewed my grandmother for a research paper I was working on. I asked her to define Success. She simply said, "Success is when you look back on ...

Market Report for May 29, 2015With a chance of rain a few customers and vendors stayed away from market. But those that did attend had their tables full and the customers had choices to make. Kristi had her table full of kolaces, rolicky, twisty, cookies, rolls, cakes, and bars. Caryn came ...

At our Guild meeting for May, it was announced that the Camp Creamery spaces for the school is closed and all spaces are full. Even the stand by list is filling up. So if you missed registering your child, it is too late for this year.Those who will be attending, good luck and have some fun and ...