TAMA COUNTY – Tama County Treasurer Amanda Kriegel will seek another term through a write-in campaign after falling short of the Republican nomination earlier this year. Kriegel announced the decision on her campaign Facebook page late last month, setting up another general election contest ...
TAMA – Independent congressional candidate Dave Bushaw spent about an hour and a half making his case for a different kind of politics while visiting Tama County on Saturday, Sept. 26, frequently turning the conversation back to the people sitting around the table. Bushaw, the no-party ...
TOLEDO – Roughly five weeks out from Election Day, with polling increasingly turning in his favor, State Auditor Rob Sand, the Democratic nominee for governor, likes the view. “Pretty good view to sing that song to, isn’t it? Look out the windows here. Hats off to Tama County. You guys ...
TOLEDO – Joe Mitchell, a real estate developer and former state representative who hopes to represent Iowa’s 2nd District in Congress come January, made several stops in the Tama-Toledo area on Thursday, Sept. 22, accompanied by his onetime colleague in the Iowa Legislature, Rep. Dean ...
LA PORTE CITY – Calvin Horn has deep concerns about the future of Iowa and how the state’s next generations will fare on the landscape. “I have grandchildren, and their future is important to me and the future of all kids everywhere in Iowa,” Horn, the Democratic nominee running in ...
TAMA – With a small group of attendees packed inside a meeting room at the Louise and Lucile Hink Tama Public Library on Monday afternoon, Aug. 24, current state Rep. Lindsay James (D-Dubuque), the Democratic nominee for the 2nd District seat in the U.S. House, made her case as to why voters ...
TAMA COUNTY – After stepping away from the race earlier this spring, Berleen Wobeter of rural Toledo is once again seeking a seat in the Iowa legislature. Wobeter was recently nominated by Democratic delegates to run in House District 53, setting up a general election contest with longtime ...
DES MOINES – U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) told reporters last Friday that if her opponent wins the U.S. Senate campaign, the Iowa State Fair might lose its Iowa Pork Tent. Hinson flipped pork chops and spoke with officials, farmers and media at the Iowa State Fair about California's ...
TAMA – On Tuesday, June 2, no Republican candidate for Tama County Treasurer reached the 35% threshold required to be declared the winner of the primary election, sending the race to a county nominating convention held Tuesday, Aug. 4. In the primary vote, incumbent Amanda Kriegel received ...
MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT -- With a change of plans due to flooding at the Powwow Grounds, the 110th annual Meskwaki Powwow kicked off in earnest last Thursday, Aug. 6, at the outdoor arena behind the casino featuring an appearance from a special guest -- Chris Jones, the Democrat running for Iowa ...