In this year’s city and school elections, 2,679 ballots were cast in Tama County out of 8,976 registered voters. In the race for Tama City Council incumbent, Kristy Eisentrager received 118 to retain her seat. The second seat was taken by newcomer Chris Smith, receiving 115 votes to edge ...

The seven-member Meskwaki Tribal Council welcomed three new elected members on Tuesday morning as Jarvis Bear, Drayton Roberts and Lucy Roberts were all sworn in by outgoing Tribal Council “Chairman Vern Jefferson during a ceremony at the Tribal Center. Paige Brown was out of town and is ...

This week’s Tama City Council meeting started with a discussion over the possibility of tearing down the office building at 117 Siegel St. After much discussion, the council agreed to investigate tearing down the building. The council then had a public hearing and approved the ordinance for ...

The Meskwaki Nation Police Department (MNPD) had a busy stretch of activity as several serious incidents unfolded in recent days. What stood out most was the work of the department’s brand-new K-9 Unit Officer Logan Ludovissy and his partner Aseni, who, fresh from the academy, has already ...

This week’s supervisors' meeting was rather short. The supervisors started off their meeting by approving the ITC Road Maintenance Agreement. The supervisors also set the first and second tier canvases for Nov.12 and 18 at 9 a.m. The council approved $500 in financial support of an amicus ...

This week’s Toledo City Council meeting started with a pitch by Enos Miller. Enos was granted a goodwill motion by the council for his idea to build a mobile home park on 1st Avenue. Enos’ has not yet purchased the property, but came to the council to see if the city would be willing to ...

TOLEDO — Dedication ceremonies for the newly refurbished and updated Toledo Bandstand at the Tama County Courthouse square are set for 10 a.m. on Nov. 1. Jim Roan, project manager, said the majority of the planned work on the $135,000 in improvements are complete. Following the dedication a ...

TOLEDO — In 1938, H.H. (Hollie Howard) Turbett was the contractor, heading up the crew which built the original Toledo Bandstand on the east lawn of the Tama County Courthouse. The bandstand was built by City of Toledo. Today, Hollie’s granddaughter, Cindy Turbett Backoff, and her husband ...

This week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting started, as it often does, with Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske giving his weekly report. They are doing some ditch digging near 260th Street and C Avenue, while the cutting of berms and re-graveling on H Avenue south of 370th Street has finished. ...

This week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting started with some contentious discord. The subject of debate was one that has long been bubbling under the surface: the minutes. Auditor Karen Rohrs has been doing her job of taking and drafting minutes for each Board of Supervisors meeting since ...