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Marshalltown hopsital implements new visitation policy during flu season

tamatoleodnews.com - In an effort to protect patients during their stay at Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center - MMSC - is implementing new visitation guidelines. Visitors are limited to one per patient at a time. Only visitors that are 18 years and older. Only visitors who do not ...

Slow pheasant opener expected

Iowa Department of Natural Resources - The forecast is pretty well known. This weekend across Iowa, we find out where the pheasants are...or aren’t. Iowa’s premier game bird still draws a crowd. Even last year, with preseason counts at near record lows, 86,000 hunters were in the field. ...

Property tax rollback order issued

TOLEDO CHRONICLE DES MOINES (SPECIAL) - On Friday (Oct. 23) the Iowa Department of Revenue issued an assessment limitations order on property values in Iowa. These adjustments in value are necessary to comply with the state law that allows no more than a four percent increase in taxable values ...

Get Halloween treats through the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt

DES MOINES (SPECIAL) - Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald wants Iowans to know they do not have to get dressed up in a costume and go door-to-door to receive treats for Halloween this year. In fact, there are plenty of treats in the form of unclaimed property waiting to be returned through the Great ...

Police leaders from across the country call For immigration reform

tamatoledonews.com -Washington, DC (SPECIAL) – Leading police executives from states as diverse as California, Iowa and Texas joined a growing chorus of law enforcement officials calling for comprehensive immigration reform. The law enforcement leaders, who discussed the issue during a ...

Five Tips to Make Your Halloween Safe

TAMA NEWS-HERALD - Just because Halloween celebrates scary things doesn’t mean you want any safety scares of your own. With a little bit of planning and these five tips from the Federal Citizen Information Center, you can ensure your ghouls and goblins have a frightfully fun time this year. ...

Influenza activity increasing in Iowa

TAMA NEWS-HERALD (SPECIAL) - The number of Iowa schools with absences due to influenza-like illness is rising. Monday, October 12, 56 schools in 23 counties reported to the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) that at least 10 percent of their enrollment was absent due to illness. The ...

Area News Round Up

Grinnell- Deb Collum-Calderwood has been named Poweshiek Iowa Development executive director. Calderwood served as Tama County’s first economic development director from 2000-07. Collum-Calderwood is a Grinnell native and 1988 grad of Grinnell High School. She holds a B.A. from Buena ...

U.S. 30 closures could cause travel delays for Iowa State fans on Saturday

tamatoledonews.com- MARSHALLTOWN (SPECIAL) Continuing road work on U.S. 30 east of Tama County will intermittently restrict the roadway to one lane Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 16 and 17, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation Marshalltown construction office. ...

Local Red Cross director named to National Council

MARSHALLTOWN (SPECIAL) - Mary Dooley, Iowa Rivers Chapter Red Cross executive director, has been named to a two-year term on the American National Red Cross President’s Advisory Council.  The PAC is an advisory group comprised of 21 chapter executives from across the country.  Their ...