MARSHALLTOWN – A group of about 20 local leaders including elected officials, business executives and representatives from the Marshalltown Area Chamber of Commerce and Alliant Energy started Thursday, April 23 with a jolt as they toured ITC Midwest’s Marshalltown Substation and discussed ...
TOLEDO — In order to get mass media to the masses, local reporters and station operators spent the middle of the 20th century experimenting and innovating. Jeff Stein of KXEL-AM brought his presentation “Making Waves: The People and Places of Iowa Broadcasting” to a small audience April ...
GLADBROOK – The Tama County Pork Producers made four recent donations to local Tama County food pantries as part of Iowa Pork’s Pork in the Pantry initiative. Per a social media post March 31, “The Tama County Pork Producers donated 120 lbs of ground pork and $600 worth of pork ...
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 Tama County Community Foundation (TCCF) held its 2026 grant awards celebration at the Wieting Theatre Monday April 13, announcing the distribution of $193,436.99 to 26 projects undertaken by organizations serving Tama County. As part of the celebration, the City of Clutier was ...
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 ...
GLADBROOK – Patrick “Pat” Acton created his first model out of matchsticks in 1977, a church, using 500 matchsticks. This year he completed his 80th piece – Disney’s Cinderella Castle – using 607,000 matchsticks. His career total: a whopping 9,767,772 matchsticks used. He ...
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 ...
TRAER – The physical journey to church will soon be changing for many area Catholics. In the face of “sobering realities,” Archbishop Thomas Zinkula announced last Saturday the Archdiocese of Dubuque’s final pastorate plan to reshuffle 160 Catholic parishes across northeast Iowa ...