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Education

South Tama schools $22.7 million budget approved

On a 4-0 vote the South Tama School District 2018-19 budget totaling $22,667,014 was approved during a special meeting Monday night, April 9. Voting in favor were members Penny Tyynismaa, Jackie Dvorak, Ron Houghton and Mandy Lekin. Member Alan Kline as absent.The spending for the next fiscal ...

Induct 21 into Phi Theta Kappa honor society

Marshalltown The Alpha Iota Rho Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Marshalltown Community College inducted 21 new members this week. Phi Theta Kappa is an international honor society for two-year colleges. To qualify for membership, MCC students must be in a degree-seeking program with a cumulative ...

South Tama chooses Smith new superintendent

The South Tama Community School District is pleased to announce that Dr. Jared Smith has accepted the offer to serve as new district superintendent. The candidate pool included 18 total applicants. Seven candidates were from outside the state of Iowa, 8 candidates had superintendent ...

New superintendent chosen for South Tama

South Tama School Board members chose a new superintendent of schools for the district Tuesday night, April 10, but the identity was being withheld at News-Herald deadline at noon on Wednesday. It has been customary, at least in some instances, for the candidate chosen for the position to be ...

South Tama interviews three superintendent finalists

A new superintendent may be named for the South Tama School District. See the April 13 issue of The Tama News-Herald and the tamatoledonews.com website if a decision is reached.)Three applicants from a pool of 12 have been selected and were scheduled to be interviewed on Tuesday, April 10, to ...

Government Day today in Toledo

High school students from all schools in Tama County are invited to the annual Government Day in Toledo today, Wednesday, April 11.Sponsored by the Legion and Auxiliary posts of Tama County. The annual event gives students a close up look at the functions of county government,Once an event ...

Trio of events during Library Week at Toledo Public Library

Three presentations during National Library Week, April 9-14, are set for the Toledo Public Library, 206 East High St. All of the programs are free and open to the public.On Monday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m. Iowa Author Deb Schense will present a program based upon her book "Barns Around Iowa - A ...

Nature Center Fun Night reset for April 7

The snow storm that passed through Tama County recently caused the Fun Night for the Tama County Nature Center event to be postponed from its original date of March 24. This was the first time the annual fundraiser had to be postponed in its twenty-nine year history. Fun Night has become known ...

Sabrina Fair open tonight at South Tama Little Theatre

Gabe Babinat, Bailey Waldo, and Jacob Dostal in a scene from in Sabrina Fair which is on stage April 5-7 in the Little Theatre at South Tama High School. Under the direction of Dixie Forcht, the comedy is from an original Broadway production.