TOLEDO – For a man of few words, Ryan Cooper’s family members offered up many of their own as part of two powerful victim impact statements made during Karina Sue Cooper’s sentencing hearing which took place last Friday, more than two months after she was found guilty of first-degree ...
TOLEDO - Commercial wind energy development in Tama County has hit another wall. This past Monday, Sept. 15, the Tama County Board of Supervisors was expected to take action on several agenda items related to the Salt Creek Wind Phase II project including the following: -Approve ...
OTTER CREEK LAKE & PARK – With Otter Creek Lake at last full following the restoration project that completed in 2023, Tama County Conservation is more than ready to welcome the public to its family-oriented Fall Fest on Sunday, Oct. 5, from 1-5 p.m. “Our goal is to provide a fun, ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School District continues to take steps to address the mold that was recently discovered at the high school. Professional mitigation measures have been implemented in the past week after air quality assessments found elevated levels of mold spores in the ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society is excited to announce the successful completion of the next phase of its ongoing newspaper preservation and digitization project, making historic newspapers from the earliest days of Tama County to 1960 freely available online for the public to ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present “6-on-6 Girls Basketball in Iowa” on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St., Toledo. For most of the 20th century, Iowa was known for its devotion to a unique form of women’s sport known as 6-on-6 ...
FAYETTE – Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce McKaila Hanna of La Porte City has graduated Cum Laude Meritum with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in the spring of 2025.
TOLEDO – Last week’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, Sept. 8, was standing room only, with many loitering in the hall just to have an idea of what was transpiring in the main room. The crowd was mainly split into two, like a scene out of West Side Story, although lacking ...
TRAER – Lions Club President Bruce Morrison presented a $1,000 check to Brent Billerbeck for winning the Traer Lions Club Cow Chip Bingo Contest, which occurred during the 2025 Winding Stairs Festival this past August. Congratulations to him and a big thank you to all who bought tickets which ...
MANCHESTER – The 2025 Iowa FFA Milk Quality & Products Career Development Event was held at Manchester on Friday, Sept. 5, with 25 teams, including La Porte-Dysart FFA, participating. The event is designed to provide students an opportunity to display their knowledge and skills in the ...