A diverse group of skilled and willing citizens responded to Tama Co. Zoning Administrator Laura Wilson’s invitation to meet Tuesday evening Jan. 20 in the Board of Supervisors room and begin the process of developing a Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP). Attendees with expertise in ...
The supervisors started Monday with apparently one of their quickest meetings on record, with the over and done with drainage election canvass meeting. The real meat of the Monday morning came with the ceremony that occurred after both meetings. This ceremony was to officially designate Tama ...
At Monday’s meeting, the South Tama County school board approved a resolution urging increased state funding for public schools, while also receiving updates on facilities planning and news of a statewide award. Public comments at the South Tama County school board meeting centered on the ...
This week’s Toledo City Council meeting was rather quick starting with the approval of a temporary stop sign on Church and Grace for the STC Middle School. Moving right along, the council approved eliminating the practice of reimbursing employees’ health deductibles. And just like that, ...
Trudging through the biting cold air that frosted everything at its touch, the supervisors gathered on Tuesday after having a day off for Martin Luther King Jr Day. The most interesting item on this week’s agenda was also the most somber, as late last week, Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske ...
DES MOINES — The Iowa Legislature began the second year of the 91st general assembly this past Monday, Jan. 12. Rep. Dean Fisher of District 53 (R-Montour) represents part of the Tama-Grundy Publishing area. Our parent newspaper, the Times-Republican, sent Fisher a list of questions to gauge ...
The STC School Board reconvened for their first meeting of 2026 on Monday. The board had a quorum with three of five members present and kicked off with public forum, Multiple teachers came forward with comments pertaining to proposed policy changes which were up for first readings at the ...
South Tama County Superintendent John Cain addressed the Tama County Board of Supervisors about options regarding the future of the old middle school building in Toledo during Monday morning’s regular weekly meeting. Cain said he was there to gauge the county’s interest and offer tours ...
With the start of the new year comes a new change. At this week’s Tama County supervisors meeting, the supervisors met the two new foremen for the roads department and went over some details. The county will be split down the middle, for new foremen Taylor House and Terry Purvis, with one ...
A former Iowa police officer accused of the repeated use of excessive force is now suing the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy for suspending his certification as a peace officer. Kyle Howe resigned from City of Toledo’s police force in 2023 when city officials publicly condemned him for what ...