The Christmas season is coming with all the excitement, anticipation and opportunities to share your blessings with others. The STC Adopt-A-Family committee is here to help. Everyone “adopted” is from the S.T.C. School district, so you really are helping your neighbor. This is a ...
TAMA – The residents at Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama have marked another milestone this year by sending a whopping 1,500 holiday cards to U.S. service members stationed overseas. The activity was initiated by activity director Mary Jo Cherveny three years ago and is part of United ...
TRAER – With the winds seemingly in their favor following the outcome of the most recent Tama County Board of Adjustment hearing, the developers behind Salt Creek Wind (SCW) appear to have recently entered the very early stages of construction along US 63 south of the Iowa 96 ...
Susan Wilcox fondly recalls the night she met Harold “Red” Seeley at Dave and Sally’s Bar in Marshalltown last June. As it turned out, he and another man were competing for her attention, but she gravitated toward Red. Barely a year later, they were married. “I thought ‘What in ...
Candy, the sweet nectar of the gods; the delicious treat that can brighten any day with its sugary wonderfulness. We all love it, even though we may differ when it comes to our choice for consumption. Some like the chewy, fruity taste of the rainbow, while others prefer the melt in your mouth ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – A woman who stole over $450,000 from a family‑owned business was sentenced Oct. 30, 2024, to two years in federal prison. Leann Marie Rouse, 51, from Toledo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 31, 2024 guilty plea to one count of wire fraud. Evidence disclosed ...
U-Haul Co. of Iowa, Inc. announces that Tama Toledo Ace Hardware signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer to serve the Tama community. Tama Toledo Ace Hardware at 419 State St. will offer essential services like U-Haul trucks, trailers, towing equipment and moving supplies. U-Haul has ...
Tama-Toledo is made up of several great institutions, but few have been more vital to the community than Fareway. The one store that has long outlasted the rest, serving and employing generations of local residents. However, regular Fareway visits may be a little somber for a while as one ...
GLADBROOK – A ‘wind-win’ situation played out recently for some local first responders. As part of the Vienna Wind Farm repowering (upgrading) project in Tama and Marshal counties which took place this past summer, first responders from the Gladbrook and Lincoln areas participated in ...
TOLEDO — State Bank of Toledo is announcing it has been named a top lender in the nation for its pioneering work in agriculture lending in the category of banks with less than $300M in assets. “We are incredibly honored to receive this award highlighting our team’s dedication. It ...