TOLEDO – As the Democrats claimed extraordinary victories nationwide Tuesday night in the midterm general election — including capturing both chambers of Congress by healthy margins and flipping several governor’s seats, including Iowa and Texas — a group of Tama County residents was ...
TOLEDO – Pausing their pumpkin carving, candy buying, and general merriment of the spooky season, the regulars made their way to the Monday, Oct. 26 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. The meeting kicked off with the roads report saying that a lot of blading has been done and the 300 ...
WATERLOO – On Thursday, Oct. 22, five local candidates in contested races for the Iowa statehouse gathered at Waterloo City Hall for a 90-minute candidate forum jointly hosted by the League of Women Voters of Black Hawk and Bremer Counties (LWV) and the NAACP of Black Hawk County, including ...
TOLEDO – Just over a year after several of the same leaders held a listening session at the Meskwaki Tribal Center in August of 2025, representatives from the Iowa Environmental Council and the Harkin Institute invited community members to the meeting room at the downtown State Bank of Toledo ...
TOLEDO – A Tama County Sheriff’s deputy who was placed on paid administrative leave after being arrested and charged with OWI in early September, has resigned. According to the Tama County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Heath Brown resigned effective Friday, Oct. 16. Brown, 40, of rural ...
TOLEDO – The Monday, Oct. 19, Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting started like most, with the roads report. The new county engineer, who is tenderfooted, but finding his stride, talked about blading, mowing, and repairs being done. Later, a resolution for the designation of County ...
TAMA COUNTY – Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) helps lower-income households file their tax returns for free, enabling them to receive the tax credits they’ve earned. Last year, VITA volunteers assisted more than 85 families in Tama County. New volunteer tax preparers are needed to ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will host a program by Mark McFate chronicling his grandparents’ 41-day, 2,800 cross-country journey through the lens of his grandmother’s travel journal. The program will take place Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 6:30 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre (101 ...
AREA – The upcoming General Election set for Tuesday, Nov. 3, will feature a somewhat unusual race for Iowa Senate District 27. Up until recently, Republican state Sen. Annette Sweeney of Iowa Falls, the incumbent, was the only candidate in the race after she defeated her primary ...
AREA - With early voting already underway and Election Day approaching on Nov. 3, the Iowa House race in District 53 will pit longtime Republican incumbent Dean Fisher of Montour, who was first elected in 2012, against Democratic challenger Berleen Wobeter of Toledo. Fisher spent 26 years in ...