IOWA – A mild winter followed by timely spring rains has Iowa forests and woodlots leafing out ahead of spring turkey season, possibly tipping the playing field in favor of the gobblers, after a record harvest of more than 16,000 birds in 2024. The first of Iowa’s four regular spring ...
For those who felt a longing to spend more time in the company of the Tama County Supervisors after last week's meeting, the group held two public hearings to hear from citizens about the proposed levy rates. The first hearing was held at the Toledo Reinig Center on the evening of March 25, ...
If you were out driving on March 17, chances are you saw a few more cop cars than usual. This was an event put together by the Tama Police Department to focus on traffic laws and safety. Officer Tyler Chekal explained the initiative. "This project was funded by the state as a part of a ...
Once again, during the Iowa Legislature's annual session, books and libraries are being debated. Obscenity and funding are the two primary subjects of this contentious issue that would affect the nine public libraries in Tama County and the more than 540 libraries in Iowa. Pete McRoberts, ...
DYSART – Despite the event being billed by local organizers as a town hall to address economic issues, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) spent the bulk of his roughly hourlong stop in Dysart Wednesday afternoon fielding questions and concerns about the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, and ...
This week, the sparse faction of citizens that showed up were presented with a two-for-one deal on Toledo City Council meetings. The first meeting up was a public hearing on the property tax levy for FY26. A single solitary citizen spoke up with comments and discussion on the subject. After ...
The supervisors started off with a quick, time-sensitive, motion and approval on Monday morning. First up, before much else, the supervisors approved withdrawing from the opioid PBM litigation. Counties with 50,000 or less in population are withdrawing from the lawsuit to streamline the ...
The Tama County Board of Supervisors and Tama County Public Health & Home Care announce that, despite necessary budget adjustments, they will continue to provide services as they have been to all Tama County residents. All public health and home health services will remain fully ...
TOLEDO — U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) gathered law enforcement professionals from the Tama, Toledo, Dysart and Meskwaki Nation police departments as well as the Tama County Sheriff’s Office for what she described as “a working lunch” at Murph’s Creamery and Grill in Toledo over ...
OTTER CREEK LAKE – Fallout from Tama County’s general fund shortfall has now cut deeper into the Conservation budget. During the Thursday, March 13, meeting of the Tama County Board of Conservation, director Curtis Behrens told board members that in addition to the $100,000 the Board of ...