TAMA COUNTY – Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) helps lower-income households file their tax returns for free, enabling them to receive the tax credits they’ve earned. Last year, VITA volunteers assisted more than 85 families in Tama County. New volunteer tax preparers are needed to ...
CHARLES CITY – The Union Knights volleyball team has earned a return trip to the state tournament! Last week Wednesday, Oct. 28, at Charles City Middle School, the Class 2A No. 5 Knights dominated the No. 12 Lake Mills Bulldogs, sweeping in sets of 25-16, 25-11 and 25-20 for both the Class ...
WATERLOO – On Thursday, Oct. 22, five local candidates in contested races for the Iowa statehouse gathered at Waterloo City Hall for a 90-minute candidate forum jointly hosted by the League of Women Voters of Black Hawk and Bremer Counties (LWV) and the NAACP of Black Hawk County, including ...
TOLEDO – Just over a year after several of the same leaders held a listening session at the Meskwaki Tribal Center in August of 2025, representatives from the Iowa Environmental Council and the Harkin Institute invited community members to the meeting room at the downtown State Bank of Toledo ...
CLUTIER – Next week Tuesday, Nov. 3, as voters across the country head to the polls in the midterm general election, the Clutier Public Library is encouraging local folks to not only vote, but also turn out for its annual Election Day soup fundraiser and quilt raffle. This year’s ...
AREA – The upcoming General Election set for Tuesday, Nov. 3, will feature a somewhat unusual race for Iowa Senate District 27. Up until recently, Republican state Sen. Annette Sweeney of Iowa Falls, the incumbent, was the only candidate in the race after she defeated her primary ...
Annette Sweeney, Republican candidate for Senate District 27 Annette Sweeney, 68, is an Iowa native who was raised on her family’s third-generation farm near Buckeye, and now resides in Iowa Falls with her husband Dave. The Sweeneys have two adult sons. She received a B.S.Ed. in English and ...
Ben Robertson, Write-in Candidate for Senate District 27 Ben Robertson, 59, is an Iowa native whose grandfather farmed in Grundy County for more than 75 years. He is adopted, one of 11 siblings in total, and from a mixed marriage. He lives in rural Reinbeck on a farm along with his wife. ...
TOLEDO – A Tama County Sheriff’s deputy who was placed on paid administrative leave after being arrested and charged with OWI in early September, has resigned. According to the Tama County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Heath Brown resigned effective Friday, Oct. 16. Brown, 40, of rural ...
TOLEDO – The Monday, Oct. 19, Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting started like most, with the roads report. The new county engineer, who is tenderfooted, but finding his stride, talked about blading, mowing, and repairs being done. Later, a resolution for the designation of County ...