LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School District’s proposed property tax levy rate for fiscal year 2027 is 3.18% lower than the previous year. The proposed rate of $11.404 per $1,000 of taxable property value for FY27 continues a trend of declining rates at Union CSD in recent years. ...
TOLEDO — After months of ups and downs, a plan of decertification for Tama County Home Care was approved as part of the Monday, April 20 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. Supervisor Curt Hilmer (R-Dysart) talked about the decision and the last Public Health meeting he attended. ...
TOLEDO – The ongoing saga that is the future of Tama County Public Health and Home Care has taken another turn as CEO and Executive Director Stacy Koeppen resigned earlier this month. At the Thursday, April 9 Public Health board meeting, Koeppen informed those in attendance. “After a ...
DES MOINES – Every year the Urban Forestry Awards luncheon recognizes cities, college campuses, and utilities that demonstrate a variety of dedication to the importance of trees in their respective communities. Dysart was once again recognized for its efforts during the awards presentation on ...
TOLEDO – If you drive on U.S. 63 in Tama County between the northern city limits of Toledo and 0.25 miles south of Iowa 96, you need to be aware of a road closure that may impact your trip. Beginning this past Monday, April 20 until mid-October, weather permitting, crews will close the ...
TOLEDO – Supervisor David Turner (R-Tama) telecommunicated from Sicily to attend last week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting Monday, April 13. You couldn’t see him, but you could hear him a few-second delay behind the rest. The meeting started out with two Windstream utility permits ...
TOLEDO – Words of warning from a concerned observer predicted financial ruin for Dysart farmer, Al Schafbuch, as he began to introduce cover crop practices on his farm. He was ahead of his time and experimented with the practice long before the idea was fully understood. Two decades later, ...
TOLEDO – “With the case load we had,” Stacy Koeppen, CEO and Executive Director of Tama County Public Health and Home Care, said, “we were just at the verge of breaking even, when all this started. … We had referrals flooding in, so we would’ve been coming in above by next year. ...
TRAER – Following months of discussion and late night meetings, the North Tama school board has prioritized how to spend the roughly $1,000,000 in general obligation bond revenues remaining from Phase 1 facility improvements financed by a $14.85 million bond referendum. “After our last ...
MARSHALLTOWN/TOLEDO – Over the last few years – and thanks to a pair of contracts signed with the boards of supervisors in each county – the Marshalltown Area Chamber of Commerce has expanded its economic development reach well beyond the Marshalltown city limits and across all of the ...