DES MOINES – Republican legislative leaders and Gov. Kim Reynolds celebrated the approval of many of their priorities for the 2026 legislative session on issues including property taxes, crime and healthcare as lawmakers wrapped up their work for the year. Last weekend, lawmakers sent a ...
TOLEDO – One of the most notable events of the Monday, April 27 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting was the presentation of a flag honoring the rule of law at America’s 250th anniversary celebrated this year. The flag was presented to the supervisors by Tama County Attorney Brent ...
IOWA – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. “April will go down as one of the wettest on record, and that ...
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate recently presented the prestigious National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) Medallion Award to Iowa State Representative Dean Fisher (R-Montour) for his work on Iowa’s Safe at Home program and to recognize the 10-year anniversary of ...
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 – On Monday, April 20, Governor Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation for Carroll, Crawford, Grundy, Harrison, and Washington Counties in response to severe weather that occurred April 13, 2026, and continuing. Governor Reynolds’ proclamation allows state resources to be ...
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 – “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. ...
TOLEDO – Eide Bailly LLP recently released an audit report on Tama County, Iowa. Financial Highlights The County’s revenues totaled $27,134,250 for the year ended June 30, 2025, a 5.2% increase from 2024. Expenses for the year ended June 30, 2025, totaled $24,718,374, a 7.3% increase ...