April 1st, 2022 - Long-time District 1 Supervisor Larry Vest recently announced his intent to retire from the board at the end of the year and not seek another term. Supervisor Larry Vest has been with the county board since 1994. He recalls first being exposed to the county supervisor's ...
May 20th, 2022 - It was clear that this Trojan team was more than up to the challenge in their first year competing in the IHSEA. After the first couple weeks of the season, South Tama sat at the top of its division. Every team will have more challenging stretches of the season, as well as ...
June 3rd, 2022 - After the original Cow Calf statue was damaged beyond repair by the derecho in August of 2020, many members of the Tama-Toledo community put forth an effort to get it replaced and put it back in its original spot. Toledo Mayor Brian Sokol and Eric Lyon of Tama spoke at the ...
July 15th, 2022 - On July 8, the Toledo Stoplight Festival made its long-awaited return to the Toledo Courthouse Square. The courthouse lawn was flooded with residents of both Tama and Toledo, sporting smiles and lawn chairs as they sat back and enjoyed the weather and live music. Live music ...
August 12th, 2022 - The honoring of veterans has been a pillar in American history, but there was a time when it didn’t exist. The Wall That Heals, set up at the Meskwaki Settlement from Thursday to Sunday of last week, is a testament to these veterans who lost their lives during the Vietnam ...
September 9th, 2022 - On August 25th, just north of Montour along the Iowa River, a small group of land stewards, including local members of Marshall/Tama County Pheasants Forever, officially dedicated the new 251-acre Oxbow Bottoms Wildlife Management Area in a ceremony that invoked much of ...
October 7th, 2022 - On Oct. 3, the Toledo City Council approved Resolution 2022-36 to award the contract for the Iowa Juvenile Home environment restoration and demolition project. Toledo Mayor Brian Sokol is ready to get the ball rolling. “We’ve been working on [the demolition project] ...
November 18th, 2022 - On Nov. 9, Tama County Public Health and Home Care celebrated 55 years of service to Tama County citizens. “We hosted an open house as we’ve been an agency for 55 years. We just wanted to say thank you to the residents of Tama County,” Said Shannon Zoffka, the CEO ...
December 16th, 2022 - On Monday, Dec. 12, STC Adopt-a-Family committee members traveled all over the Tama-Toledo area from Iowa Premium Beef to STC Community Schools, collecting gifts for this year's Wishmas event. Over the past 30-plus years, STC Adopt-a-Family has been hosting a Wishmas ...
In a year full of important stories within the Tama-Toledo News-Chronicle coverage area, one rose above the others as the most omnipresent from March on: Salt Creek and Apex Clean Energy’s proposed wind farms in Tama County, subsequent calls for a moratorium on future developments and the ...