TOLEDO – The Tama County Board of Supervisors held two meetings between Friday, May 2, and Monday, May 5 – double the meetings, double the fun. The first meeting which took place that Friday, had a few different agenda items, the most interesting being the acceptance of the resignation ...
Editor's Note: This story will publish in the Friday, May 23, edition of the Sun Courier. OTTER CREEK LAKE – Tama County’s new naturalist and an alleged lack of programming dominated public comment during the Wednesday, May 7 meeting of the Board of Conservation. “On March 24, I ...
REINBECK – Time for an upgrade! The Reinbeck Development Committee recently announced its latest round of facade improvement grants with three downtown businesses benefitting this year including The Dig Inn located at 113 Broad Street; Windy Pines Properties located at 427 Main Street (the ...
TOLEDO – The Monday, April 28 Tama County Supervisors meeting went on like usual under the cloud of the day's possible storms; at one point, the lights in the room flickered on and off, but this was just Sheriff's Office Investigator Trevor Killian leaning against the light switch. The ...
TRAER – Tama County SKIP (Supporting Kids in Prevention), Tama County Public Health & Home Care, and ISU Extension and Outreach collaborated with the Traer Theatre to provide an evening out for families on April 23. Families were able to attend the movie and receive admission, small ...
REINBECK – A familiar face to many in the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District is now the newest addition to the school board. Jennifer Wrage – a retired G-R teacher and rural Gladbrook resident – was appointed to the board during a special meeting held ahead of the regular ...
GRUNDY COUNTY – April 27 through May 4, 2025, marks National Soil and Water Conservation Week. This annual celebration reminds us of Grundy County’s most valuable resource – our fertile topsoil. The Grundy County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is actively promoting soil ...
TOLEDO – Tama County is in need of a new Zoning Administrator. With an overcast sky abundant with heavy clouds, the weekly Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting this past Monday was well attended with a possible closed session on the agenda – a session that instead remained wide open ...
Sun Courier Note: This story will publish in the Friday, May 2 print edition of the newspaper. TOLEDO – And then there were four. Last week, Tama County added two more lawsuits to its docket, bringing the total number of petitions filed against the County in recent months to at least four. ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who received child pornography was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. John Thomas Carstensen, age 50, of Gladbrook received the prison term after a Nov. 12, 2024 guilty plea to one count of receipt of child pornography. In a plea agreement, Carstensen admitted ...