Fifty years ago this month, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dr. Billy Graham must have stunned his First Nations hearers with this bold declaration for them and the tribes they represented: “When this sleeping giant awakens, the world will see the greatest revival it has ever known.” Graham was ...
TOLEDO – Did you know that Iowa has a unique funding source for free or low-cost annual testing of private wells? Or that some water pollutants are odorless, tasteless and will not be removed by boiling water? If you’re curious about the answers to these questions, then take advantage of an ...
DES MOINES — The Iowa Department of Education and the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council recently announced six teachers as the 2025 Iowa STEM Teacher Award recipients during a ceremony at the Iowa State Capitol. Each awardee represents one of Iowa’s six STEM regions. The annual ...
The first time South Tama County (STC) High School Speech Coach Dixie Forcht saw a cut of the short film five of her students filmed inside a shop that was once the Sheda’s Fur Trading plant in Chelsea near her home, she had an admittedly visceral reaction. For one, she watched her son Ryden, ...
The newest Tama Police Officer doesn't carry a badge because he doesn't need to. He's all hair and teeth with puppy dog eyes and walks with a four-legged strut that would make a poodle bark. I am talking about Creed, Tama PD's new K9 officer. To talk about Creed, you must also talk about ...
Although a federal judge recently dismissed one of the excessive force lawsuits filed against the city of Toledo and former Police Officer Kyle Howe, another is now pending on behalf of 27-year-old Issaias Romero of Tama, who was thrown onto the hood of Howe’s patrol car while he was ...
TOLEDO – Fallout from the wind energy moratorium adopted in early January by the new five-member Tama County Board of Supervisors now includes a lawsuit brought against both the board and Tama County by the developers behind the Salt Creek Wind project. Earlier this month on Feb. 5, Salt ...
As the South Tama County board of education approved personnel at Monday’s meeting, smiles came across the faces of Jennifer Nelson and Joseph Otten. Nelson was hired as the new middle school principal and Otten as the assistant principal. Currently, both are working in the Marshalltown ...
As the wondrous face of spring was delightfully glimpsed on Monday, many went back into the fray of another Tama County Supervisors meeting. It was another week of experimentation, trial and error, and electronic exploration as live-streaming with the Owl device was again attempted. Glitches ...
This week's Toledo City Council meeting was another blink-and-you-'ll-miss-it affair. A lone item sat on the agenda and was approved rather easily. A public hearing for the City of Toledo FY26 proposed tax levy rate was set for March 24. Toledo Police Chief Dan Quigley reported that between ...