IOWA – After one of the wettest Septembers on record, corn and soybean conditions are dipping slightly as farmers have had scarce opportunities to harvest, according to last week’s crop progress and condition report. Corn condition rated 72% good to excellent for the Sept. 28 through ...
TAMA COUNTY – Tama County Treasurer Amanda Kriegel will seek another term through a write-in campaign after falling short of the Republican nomination earlier this year. Kriegel announced the decision on her campaign Facebook page late last month, setting up another general election contest ...
TAMA – Independent congressional candidate Dave Bushaw spent about an hour and a half making his case for a different kind of politics while visiting Tama County on Saturday, Sept. 26, frequently turning the conversation back to the people sitting around the table. Bushaw, the no-party ...
TOLEDO – Under an early morning gray sky, a few citizens had enough energy and gumption to venture out into the dreary morning and make it to the Monday, Sept. 28 Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. While the public comment time had its own interesting moments, as a representative from ...
TOLEDO – Iowa State University and Outreach Tama County office will host an Ornamental and Turfgrass Pest Control Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators Wednesday, Nov. 4. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education ...
TOLEDO – Roughly five weeks out from Election Day, with polling increasingly turning in his favor, State Auditor Rob Sand, the Democratic nominee for governor, likes the view. “Pretty good view to sing that song to, isn’t it? Look out the windows here. Hats off to Tama County. You guys ...
TOLEDO – Joe Mitchell, a real estate developer and former state representative who hopes to represent Iowa’s 2nd District in Congress come January, made several stops in the Tama-Toledo area on Thursday, Sept. 22, accompanied by his onetime colleague in the Iowa Legislature, Rep. Dean ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — A lawsuit filed by former Tama County Human Resources Manager and Insurance Administrator Tammy Wise against the current Board of Supervisors alleging libel and violation of due process has been refiled and sent to federal court, according to publicly available documents. ...
GRUNDY CENTER – A Tama County Sheriff’s deputy who was arrested and charged last month in Grundy County with operating under the influence has been placed on paid administrative leave. “[W]e are aware that a Tama County Sheriff's Office deputy was arrested for OWI in another county. ...
TOLEDO – On Monday, Sept. 21, the usual group of attendees faced the chilly morning air and went to attend the regular weekly Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. The weekly roads report was fairly short, as they’ve mostly been dealing with issues stemming from the rainfall. The ...