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Education

South Tama Middle School April Students of the Month

Biographies by: Mary Kate Frakes, Phillip Myli, Kailiee Keen, Gavin Bridgewater, Natalie Stull, Eligh Branan, Kaden Kopsa, Kevin ManzoAdair Pesina (5th)Adair Pesina is a 5th grade student at STC Middle School. Adair is 11 years old and plays basketball and football. His parents and siblings are ...

Students step back in time to learn about Tama Co. History

A group of area home school students got the opportunity to step back in time recently.Elizabeth Reece, Tama County Museum, invited 19 students to participate in a day of school at the Havan School on Monday, May 7. The Haven School is a one room school house that was open from 1872-1968. The ...

GMRC Auxiliary scholarship winners honored

Grinnell Regional Medical Center Auxiliary recognized four area students pursuing health care careers at its annual gathering held on April 24. GRMC Auxiliary scholarships are awarded to graduating high school seniors, current students or adult students pursuing a health care career. These ...

Rules on selling, serving of morel mushrooms

DES MOINES- Morel mushrooms are classified by the Food Code as a potentially hazardous food item and may be sold only if they are first identified and found to be safe by an individual who is a certified morel mushroom identification expert.The identification expert must have successfully ...

South Tama School Board tours Elementary

Megan Rosenberger, South Tama Title I reading teacher (center) gestures during a tour of the South Tama Elementary School in Tama for school board members on Monday night, May 7. Members are (l-r) Ron Houghton, Jackie Dvorak, Penny Tyynismaa, Rosenberger, Elementary Principal Stacy Stull, Mandy ...

New principal is approved for STC Elementary

Brad Schweppe was approved Monday night, May 7, to fill the South Tama Elementary School principal post beginning Aug. 1. He will replace Stacy Stull who has resigned to accept a position with the Clear Creek-Amana schools. Schweppe has been serving as principal of Waterloo Lincoln ...

Summer day camps offered in Tama County

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Tama County, will be hosting two day camps this summer at the Tama City Park. The fun will begin at 9:00 a.m. and go until 3:00 p.m. Cost for each camp is $10. Camp is open to all youth having completed Kindergarten - Third grades during the ...

Ranger Roberts visits Toledo Library

Tama County Naturalist/Park Ranger Logan Roberts visited the Art Lab program at the Toledo Public Library on March 28th.Logan brought several different turtles including a box turtle for the audience to learn about.Logan showed a chart of all the different turtles that live in Iowa and told ...

South Tama schools audit shows revenues, spending both up in 17-18

Nolte, Comman & Johnson P.C. have released an audit report on the South Tama County Community School District in Tama.The District's revenues totaled $21,766,724 for the year ended June 30, 2017, a increase of 6.77 percent from the prior year. Revenues included property tax of ...

Toledo Public Library News

Summer will be here before we know it and that means FUN summer programming at the Toledo Public Library. The library will host programs and summer reading incentive programs in June and July for children and adults . We begin by celebrating Children's Book Week April 30th. May 4th with these ...