AREA — The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach office has released its annual land values survey, and for the first time since 2018, the overall statewide average has decreased by just over three percent, from $11,835 in November of 2023 to $11,467 in November of 2024. Within ...
TOLEDO – Join Tama County Women, Land & Legacy (WLL) for its 51st event, “Baking from the Earth: Ancient Grains.” The event will be held on Thursday, Jan. 16, in State Bank of Toledo’s Community Room (103 S. Broadway Street, Toledo). Registration and dessert will begin at 6:30 p.m. ...
TOLEDO – Leona Votrobeck Cecalk, born Feb. 7, 1925, wishes to invite you to her 100th birthday celebration set for Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, from 1-4 p.m. at the Reinig Civic Center (1007 S. Prospect Drive) in Toledo. Those unable to attend are welcome to send Leona a birthday card via Dawn ...
TAMA - As the sun set, the usual crowd got together for this week's Tama City Council meeting. The first agenda item was a home on Harding Street which had a sewer backup in their basement. The issue was likely caused by the main line, so the council approved that the homeowner's repair and ...
The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team completed a successful year of advocating and educating themselves and others about the beef industry and beef production. Team members participated in Cattlemen at the Capitol, took field trips, made multiple appearances on radio, presentations to consumers, ...
TAMA COUNTY – Since 2011, the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation has hosted Operation Christmas Meal, a hunger relief effort supporting Iowa families in need of a helping hand, especially during the holidays. Throughout the first two weeks of December, the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation hosts ...
JANUARY 12) Well, it’s official: traffic cameras are coming to Tama. The third reading of the amended traffic ordinance was met with no public comments at Monday night’s city council. There was some discussion between the council members before the final vote to pass the ordinance change. ...
TAMA – After months of searching for the right candidate, the Tama-Toledo Christian School (TTCS) has a new leader following the recent hiring of administrator Tana Whitton of Ankeny and formerly of Las Vegas. “Local people were approached but they weren’t able to do it. [But] God is ...
Rain was coming down icey spurts to freeze on the cold pavement. If you didn't have to be out, you weren't out, unless you were SRO Vern Jefferson and Army recruiter Sgt. Ernie Perez. The two came on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 14, braving inclement weather to host the annual food drive. The ...
TOLEDO - Fog lay thick over the landscape like a fallen cloud, and more than the usual few gathered for this week's Supervisors' meeting. Converging on the Tama County Courthouse early Monday were citizens from all around the county to witness a historical event. Although it came at the ...