DES MOINES – On Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, State Auditor Rob Sand issued a report on his office’s special investigation into the Tama County Human Resources Department — specifically, transactions processed by former HR Director and Insurance Administrator Tamara “Tammy” Wise — and ...
REINBECK – Democratic candidate for House District 54 Leila Staton raised a total of $10,268 last year. State Representative Josh Meggers raised a total of $10,500. Staton only falling $232 short. A Democrat has not run in this district since 2020, before redistricting. Looking to ...
TOLEDO – One of the most interesting parts of the Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, Feb. 2, was a field trip. With their permission slips signed, the majority of the supervisors, along with a few other county employees and the sheriff, went on a guided tour of the old STC ...
CEDAR FALLS – The University of Northern Iowa’s Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) is set to kick off its spring 2026 seminar series focusing on restoration and management of prairies. Free and open to the public through both virtual attendance and in-person, the series’s theme is ...
AREA – Looking for something for your kids to do on a no-school day? Join Tama County 4-H for Maker Space Programs in a community near you. Tama County 4-H invites families to participate in its hands on Maker Space program, offered on upcoming no-school days in communities across the ...
IOWA – As Iowa’s black bear population becomes more permanent, lawmakers seek to end the “open season” on the bears by designating them a fur-bearing animal in the state. House File 2099 would add black bears to the state list of fur-bearing animals, which would give the Natural ...
TOLEDO – On Saturday morning, Jan. 31, at the Toledo Public Library, Democrat Clint Twedt-Ball, a candidate for U.S. House of Representatives District 2 — a seat currently held by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who is now running for a seat in the U.S. Senate — took three curious Tama ...
GLADBROOK – Tama County Republicans and Democrats caucused separately in several locations on the evening of Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, including at Gladbrook City Centre where half a dozen Republicans gathered to elect delegates for upcoming county and state conventions, submit party platform ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Board of Supervisors started the Monday, Jan. 26 meeting with the official canvass of the drainage election, but the real meat of the morning came later via a ceremony to officially designate Tama County a Home Base County with the Home Base Iowa (HBI) ...
IOWA – Despite a slight overall increase across the state, average land values in Marshall, Tama and Grundy counties all dropped slightly in 2025 compared to 2024 according to information released by the Iowa State University (ISU) Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) last ...