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 ...
FAYETTE — Upper Iowa University announces Jordan Staker, of Tama, graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Services in August.
AMES – Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team (MIYBT) alumni including (from left) Adelyn Sienknecht (North Tama High School Class of 2024), Olivia Hanson (Union High School Class of 2024), Kaylynn Murty (South Tama High School Class of 2024), William Kroneman (Benton Community High School Class of 2024), ...
TOLEDO – Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) helps lower-income households file their tax returns for free, enabling them to receive the tax credits they’ve earned. Last year, VITA volunteers prepared and filed over 70 tax returns in Tama County. ew volunteer tax preparers are needed to ...
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 ...
MARSHALLTOWN – Jim Coppoc’s life has taken him in several seemingly discordant directions, but his passions have always guided him along the way. The new musically focused activities assistant in the Ulery memory care unit at the Iowa Veterans Home, who also pastors Ripley United Church ...
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 ...
The newest resident at the Sunny Hill Care Center is named Snickers. A fluffy, long-eared little calico Japanese Harlequin pet rabbit that has come to live with all of those that call Sunny Hill home. Mary Jo Chervany, the center's activity director, had the wish to bring an animal into the ...
An Omaha man was arrested Thursday night after allegedly using a vehicle to gain entry into the Iowa Premium Beef sewer treatment plant in Tama and subsequently stealing a company vehicle. According to a press release from the Tama Police Department, officers were called to the scene at 7:53 ...
On Monday, Dec. 16, the South Tama County High School music department will host their annual winter concert. Starting at 7 p.m., the night will be the culmination of a semester's worth of work and the debut of the STC Choir under the direction of John Loos. Loos speaks highly of his students ...