TOLEDO – The usual constellation of civic minded citizens turned out for the Monday, April 7, meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors. As per usual, Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske was up first to give his report. They've been spot rocking, Daleske reported, as well as hauling ...
Editor's Note: This story will publish in the Friday, April 25 print edition of the Sun Courier. REINBECK – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck School Board is in need of a new director following Jordan Wentzien’s resignation earlier this month. “I am writing to inform you of my decision to resign ...
GLADBROOK – Those in search of some local entertainment can leave their fairy godmother on read and head on over to Gladbrook’s Matchstick Marvels Tourist Center – now open for the season! – to check out the newest work-in-progress, Cinderella’s enchanted castle. As is tradition, ...
TOLEDO – Please join SKIP (Supporting Kids in Prevention), Tama County Public Health & Home Care, and ISU Extension and Outreach to promote Child Abuse Prevention Month this April. The theme this year is “Powered by Hope, Strengthened by Prevention." As part of the annual ...
TOLEDO – Two point five (2.5) million dollars. That’s the amount in additional project costs NextEra Energy Resources estimates will be incurred per month if their Salt Creek Wind project is delayed this spring due to the uncertainty caused by Tama County’s wind energy conversion ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Board of Supervisors held two public hearings recently to hear from citizens about proposed property tax levies. The first hearing was held at the Toledo Reinig Center on the evening of March 25, while the second took place on Monday, March 31, before the regular ...
TOLEDO – The Tri-County Community Band will begin rehearsals once again for its annual performance at the Lincoln Highway Bridge Festival set for Friday, May 16, at the Tama Civic Center. If you have a musical background, you are encouraged to attend rehearsals on Monday evenings beginning ...
WASHINGTON D.C. – More than 30 Iowa Farm Bureau members representing 21 counties, including Tama, met with Iowa’s congressional delegation recently in Washington, D.C. to discuss policy issues important to Iowa agriculture and their family farms. Among the attendees was Christy Flamme of ...
DES MOINES – The Iowa House this past Tuesday (April 8) passed the state K-12 school funding package for the 2025-2026 school year and sent it to the governor’s desk. Senate File 167, passed 59-36, sets the State Supplemental Aid (SSA) rate at 2%, increasing the per-pupil funding for K-12 ...
IOWA – A mild winter followed by timely spring rains has Iowa forests and woodlots leafing out ahead of spring turkey season, possibly tipping the playing field in favor of the gobblers, after a record harvest of more than 16,000 birds in 2024. The first of Iowa’s four regular spring ...