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Paying respects

A line of emergency vehicles joined a funeral procession on Friday, Dec. 20, to honor the life of a late officer. Sgt Mark Kjormoe, just 48 years old, lost his battle with cancer earlier this month. The Marion Police Officer served for 25 years and was being transferred to his final resting ...

Upcoming Annual Alumni & Community Pep-Band

The annual Alumni Night Pep-Band will be held on Monday, Jan. 6. In a girls and boys doubleheader against East Marshall, the band will bring the energy with STC graduates and community members encouraged to join in on making some high octane music to fuel the evening of fun. STC band director ...

Wastewater improvements and a resignation

The Toledo City Council meeting this week got right to business discussing bids for the wastewater treatment plant disinfection improvements project. The high bidder, who was awarded the contract, was Scharnweber's. A Mutual Law Enforcement Aid agreement was approved by the council. This ...

Tama County students named to Central Dean’s List

PELLA — Central College recognized 411 students named to the Fall 2024 dean's list. The honor is awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale while taking 12 or more graded credit hours for the semester. Tama County students include: Hunter Clemann and Wesley ...

Built on memories

On December 13, the Rosenberger family’s life would be turned upside down. Woken up by loud crashing noises, Ty Rosenberger and Tamara Mauskemo expected an intruder, only to be surprised with flames and smoke. The family home located in rural Toledo, just north of town, caught fire in ...

‘Due to weather, Santa is delayed’

CLUTIER – While the ice storm that covered much of Iowa in slick roads and thick fog last weekend was not as bad as had been predicted for Tama County, several area holiday events scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 14, including Clutier ZCBJ Lodge’s annual ‘Deck the Hall’ event were ...

Danker to use alibi defense in first degree murder trial

TOLEDO – In his first degree murder trial set to begin in late January, Huston William Danker plans to use an alibi defense. In court documents filed on Oct. 15, Danker — through his defense attorney Leon F. Spies — gave notice he plans to rely on an alibi defense during his nine-day ...

First responding agencies successfully locate missing elderly woman

On Monday, the Tama County Sheriff's Office was notified about an 86-year-old woman who had gone missing after her vehicle was discovered in a cornfield. She was eventually located safely, though authorities do not yet know where she had been or why her car ended up in the field. Her vehicle ...