DES MOINES – On Monday, Sept. 11, Governor Kim Reynolds signed a proclamation relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer, and manure. The proclamation is effective immediately and continues through October 11, 2023. The proclamation allows vehicles ...
TOLEDO – Last week's supervisors’ meeting went by rather quickly, without any fireworks going off. Chairman Bill Faircloth was absent, so District 1 Supervisor Curt Hilmer once again had the reins. Hilmer stumbled and tumbled a bit when it came to the monotonous particulars of ...
UNION GROVE LAKE – Controversy surrounding payouts the Tama County Board of Health attempted to make this past July to two homeowners whose septics were improperly passed by the previous sanitarian continues to leach consequences, having now ensnared a former homeowner in a possible lawsuit ...
RURAL TOLEDO – Despite a scarcity of public information, it appears Tama County Conservation Director Stephen Mayne has resigned. This past Monday in an email exchange with Tama-Grundy Publishing, Tama County Attorney Brent Heeren told the newspaper it was his understanding that Director ...
TOLEDO – The biggest issue discussed at last Monday's Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting was the Zoning Commission. Carol Meyer from the Toledo area and Steven Peterson from the Chelsea area were both appointed to the commission during the supervisors’ meeting. The supervisors ...
TOLEDO – At last Monday's meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors, the biggest topic was the new supervisors’ district map. The redistricting board has come up with an unofficial new map that splits Tama County into five districts instead of three. The board split the county into ...
A group of more than 30 Iowa farmers, representing 20 county Farm Bureaus, met with Iowa’s congressional delegation July 18-20 in Washington, D.C. to discuss policy issues important to the sustainability of their family farms. Among them was Tama County Farm Bureau vice-president Tyler ...
DYSART – Three members of Congress visited Dysart last week Thursday in a sort of reverse ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ for a roundtable discussion meant to further explore the theft of agricultural technology by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). U.S. Reps. Ashley Hinson of Iowa’s ...
RURAL TOLEDO — As Otter Creek Lake slowly begins to refill following the long-awaited completion of the lake restoration project, Tama County Conservation has suddenly found itself without a leader. Effective last Monday, July 31 at 4 p.m., Tama Co. Conservation Director Stephen Mayne was ...
TOLEDO – At the Monday, July 31 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Curt Hilmer had the reins. The usual master of the meetings, supervisor Bill Faircloth, was out of the office, telecommuting via telephone. Hilmer made the most of his time as the big kahuna. The only ...