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 ...
This week’s Tama Council meeting started with the approval of advertising for summer help. There will be three positions available. One for cemetery help, one to water the plants, and one as a floater to be used where they are needed. The council then approved the moving around of money to ...
DES MOINES – Iowa lawmakers are heading into the 2026 legislative session with several new leaders – but many of the issues expected to take top priority are subjects left unresolved in 2025, namely eminent domain and property taxes. Lawmakers presented legislation on both of these issues ...
The last Tama County Supervisors meeting of the year on Monday was over and done within a mere 15 minutes. This rocket ship of a meeting started like always with Tama County Engineer, Ben Daleske, giving his weekly report. He stated that they hauled sand to the mix sheds last week, and they ...
Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach Tama County recently released its annual Impact Report demonstrating significant contributions across youth development, financial security, and agricultural stewardship. The report highlights how research-backed programs provided critical ...
The most interesting agenda item at this week’s Toledo City Council meeting had to do with a plat of land. Listed as Fareway Plat 1 on the agenda, this piece of land was preliminarily approved and then finally approved contingent on Fareway's signature. This plat of land is planned to be ...
As a few things melted and refroze, the usual group of characters met for this week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting. Ben Daleske, the Tama County Engineer, kicked things off with his usual report, this time talking about the current condition of roads. Sand and salt will be mixed this week ...
DOVER, Del. – On Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) attended a solemn transfer of remains at Dover Air Force Base for two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria: Sgt. William Nathaniel “Nate” Howard of Marshalltown and Sgt. Edgar Torres-Tovar of Des Moines. ...
The South Tama County School Board and the Toledo City Council met Friday afternoon for a joint work session focused on the future of the former STC middle school property in Toledo, following the withdrawal of the most recent buyer and end user. All five school board members were in ...