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McCouncil: Fast food giant’s plans for Toledo moving forward

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 ...

Grassley Honors Fallen Iowa National Guardsmen

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. ...

Three motions in a pod

This week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting was rather swift and to the point. The meeting started with Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske, saying that they have been “out and about,” dealing with the snow. They are preparing for more of the winter by stocking and mixing salt and sand. The ...

Emily’s motions

In a gesture to Tama City Council member Emily Babinat at her last meeting, Babinat was made to make the first motion on every agenda item. Although Babinat voted nay to one motion she herself made, just for fun, that motion passed anyway. This started after the council heard the annual ...

City of Toledo reaches final Howe-related settlement

The city of Toledo has reached a fourth and final settlement with an individual who alleged that former Police Officer Kyle Howe used excessive force against him during a 2023 traffic stop. According to documents shared with the News Chronicle, 28-year-old Issaias Romero will receive a gross ...

Doing the dial tone jump

This week’s Tama County Supervisor meeting was punctuated by the odd cough and sneeze as Supervisor Curt Hilmer still fought to get over his cold. Poor Hilmer even got a start and jumped at the sudden dial tone when they attempted to reach insurance man Skip Lowe. The meeting started as it ...

Moving snow

This week’s Toledo City Council meeting started with the official approval of the 28E agreement with the county for the Toledo Bandstand. With that, the council moved on to the second agenda item. The council approved releasing three old liens, and just as swiftly moved on to agenda item ...