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Government

Rumble vs. mumble strips

TOLEDO – The Monday, May 4 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting started with a public comment discussion on the current traffic in the county and the detours dictating said traffic. When they moved on to the actual meeting, they kicked it off with the roads report, stating that rock is ...

Iowa Crop Progress and Weather Report

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. “Farmers made a lot of planting progress last week thanks to ...

Honoring 250 years

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 Crop Progress and Weather Report

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 ...

Rep. Dean Fisher receives NASS Medallion Award

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 ...

Home Health decertified

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. ...

Gov. Reynolds issues disaster proclamation for five counties including Grundy

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 ...

Supervisor from Sicily

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 ...