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Tama County American Legion and Auxiliary meeting

TOLEDO - The Tama County American Legion and Auxiliary will hold a joint meeting on Tuesday, June 27, at the Toledo Post Home. A potluck meal will start at 6:30 p.m. followed by a Flag Disposal Ceremony at approximately 7 p.m. The joint meeting will be held following the flag disposal.

Tama County Historical Society to present program on coin collecting June 14

TOLEDO — The Tama County Historical Society will present a program about coin collecting on Wednesday, June 14. The program begins at 7:00 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St., Toledo. Avid coin collector Jeff Shaw will present a follow-up to his 2022 presentation on the history ...

Elberon Area Women’s Club meets

The Elberon Area Women's Club met May 15 with six members present. Flowers were planted in the containers around town before our meeting. President Wilma Parizek called the meeting to order. Secretary Amanda Nettesheim read the minutes of the April meeting. Ruth Laackman read the treasury ...

Tama Mayor signs Poppy Day proclamation

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO — Tama Mayor Doug Ray recently signed the proclamation for poppy distribution to begin during the Lincoln Highway Days, coming up this weekend. Brenda Youngbear, American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Chairman, looked on and approved. The proclamation reads as follows: “I, ...

Toledo PEO sponsors ‘Beauty and the Beast’

PEO Toledo DF sponsored Opera Iowa’s Gretry and Borths’ Beauty and the Beast, March 10, 2023, at the Wieting Theatre as a service project to help with the Wieting Theatre’s Phase II debt. PEO co-committee members (left to right) Kim Nelson, Charlene Wells-Kenkel, and Mary Fasse-Shaw ...

Groundbreaking recycling solution for wind turbine blades unveiled

CEDAR RAPIDS – A new Iowa business is launching an innovative way to recycle wind turbine blades that are no longer in use, so they don’t end up in landfills. REGEN Fiber, owned by Travero, has created a patent-pending and eco-friendly process to convert these decommissioned wind turbine ...

Zoning Commission holds public hearing on industrial wind, solar moratorium

On Tuesday, Nov. 29, the Tama County Zoning Commission held a public hearing on the proposal for a 6-month moratorium on future commercial wind energy projects and a 12-month moratorium on future commercial solar energy projects. Zoning Committee members Wade Mitchell and Douglas Dvorak were ...

Man arrested after allegedly firing gun in Tama

TAMA — Wednesday, November 23 – A man has been arrested after allegedly “yelling and screaming” and firing a gun in the air in Tama on Wednesday evening. According to a press release from the Tama Police Department, 911 dispatch received a call at 9:17 p.m. about a man who had been ...

Man from Meskwaki Settlement sentenced to federal prison over sex abuse

A man from the Meskwaki Settlement who was convicted of performing a sex act on a victim while she was asleep at his residence will serve more than 15 years in federal prison after a recent sentencing hearing. Robin Roberts, 67, will spend 188 months in federal prison, and he must also pay a ...

Man arrested after allegedly firing gun in Tama

TIMES-REPUBLICAN TAMA — Wednesday, November 23 – A man has been arrested after allegedly “yelling and screaming” and firing a gun in the air in Tama on Wednesday evening. According to a press release from the Tama Police Department, 911 dispatch received a call at 9:17 p.m. about a ...