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Government

Adjusting the Board of Adjustments

TOLEDO - As a fog lay lifeless in the sky like a raccoon on the side of the highway, the usual group of local government spectators cut through the wet, dreary morning to attend this week's Supervisors meeting. The meeting started, like it always does, with County Engineer Ben Daleske giving ...

Gov. Reynolds appoints state Sen. Chris Cournoyer as 48th Lt. Governor of Iowa

DES MOINES – Gov. Reynolds announced on Monday, Dec. 16, that she appointed Chris Cournoyer as Lieutenant Governor of Iowa. Cournoyer, a resident of LeClaire, was elected to the Iowa Senate in 2018. She chaired the inaugural Technology committee, from which position she wrote and managed the ...

Tama County Auditor Laura Kopsa set to retire

TOLEDO – After serving for more than 18 years at the helm of the Tama County Auditor’s Office where she has handled everything from county budgets to elections to clerking for the board of supervisors, Laura Kopsa is set to retire. Kopsa, 63, a Democrat from Tama, said her decision to ...

Tama County Sheriff-elect makes the nice list

DYSART – Dysart’s Christmas on Main – the Dysart Development Corporations’ annual kickoff to the holiday season – was held on Saturday, Dec. 7, and, according to event organizers, was another huge success. While Santa and Mrs. Claus were in attendance at the community building mostly ...

It’s all crop

TOLEDO - A chill lay in the morning air, a late fall touch that left windows covered with the designs of frost. This Monday, locals made quick work of nature's delicately feathered ice crystals and drove up to join in the week's Supervisors meeting. The activity that usually acts as the starter ...

Officer Price’s Fond Farewell

TOLEDO - As the sun descended through the clouds, closing out another chilly fall day, the Toledo City Council meeting started their roll call. First up on a short list of agenda items was a public hearing regarding the Wastewater Treatment Plant Disinfection Improvements Project. The ...

Four-lane Highway 30 finally connects Ames, Cedar Rapids

Now that Thanksgiving, the traditional end to Iowa’s construction season, has come and gone, it’s time to reflect on a big highway milestone that passed with zero fanfare. In fact, its exact date could have gone unknown had the author not been driving to Des Moines at the right ...