GARWIN – The Garwin Enrichment League (GEL) held its 3rd annual Soup with Santa event on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, welcoming roughly 30 area children to the shelter house in City Park for a delicious meal and a chance to share their wish lists with Santa. Both before and after the arrival ...
TOLEDO – Tama County 4-H clubs proudly joined forces with the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation to participate in this season’s Ignite the Spirit program, bringing holiday cheer and essential food support to local schools and communities. Toledo Techs, Garwin Roughriders, Buckingham ...
TOLEDO – It’s the start of the political season and Lindsay James, Democratic candidate for Iowa’s 2nd congressional district – which includes Tama and Grundy counties – showed up for her planned campaign event Dec. 13, 2025, at the Toledo Public Library despite near whiteout ...
IOWA – Eligible Iowa households can receive a monthly allotment to spend on certain food items at the grocery store throughout the summer now that Iowa plans to participate in the federal summer feeding program. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, the decision to ...
DOVER, Del. – On Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) attended a solemn transfer of remains at Dover Air Force Base for two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria: Sgt. William Nathaniel “Nate” Howard of Marshalltown and Sgt. Edgar Torres-Tovar of Des Moines. ...
TOLEDO – The Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors was swift and to the point. The meeting started with Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske, saying that they have been “out and about,” dealing with the snow. They are preparing for more winter weather by ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Coe College is recognizing its highest performing students as members of the Dean's List, including Wesley Latchman of Reinbeck who is currently among this elite group. Latchman has been named to the prestigious Fall 2025 Dean's List at Coe in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Past members ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Annaliese Roegner of Gladbrook was among over half of Belmont University's undergraduate students named to the fall 2025 semester Dean's List. Approximately 55% of the University's 6,934 undergraduate students qualified this semester. "The high percentage of students ...
IOWA – The Iowa DNR is releasing a series on chronic wasting disease, to provide the latest information and online tools to one of our most important partners– Iowa’s deer hunters. This series will be released in four parts; topics include: -Sampling and Testing Iowa Deer -New ...
IOWA – The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) detected a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI) in a commercial turkey flock in Hamilton County, Iowa, on ...