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Tama County News

Salt Creek files for emergency injunction from purported construction stay

Sun Courier Note: After this story went to press, Judge Cox denied Salt Creek Wind's May 30 application for an emergency injunction without prejudice, writing on May 31: "The Court denies without prejudice as these issues can be remedied by the Plaintiffs. The Court suggests the parties ...

Strong teamwork shown during Gladbrook Fire response

GLADBROOK – On Friday, May 16, just before 10:45 a.m., Tama County 911 received a call about a house fire in Gladbrook. According to a news release from Tama County Sheriff Casey Schmidt, everyone involved in the fire “made it out of the home safely.” “Our 911 dispatchers, Emergency ...

Water Rocks! visits Tama County schools

TOLEDO – Tama County 4-H in collaboration with Iowa State University's Water Rocks! program is doing fantastic work by educating kids about water conservation and environmental stewardship. Water Rocks! combines STEM and the arts to inspire young minds to appreciate and care for water ...

In the Sky: June

June will be an interesting month in the sky. Saturn and Venus will be far enough from the Sun to be seen easily before dawn. Saturn will lead the way and will be unmistakable in the southeastern sky in the western end of the large, dim constellation Pisces (the Fish). Brilliant Venus will ...

News and notes from last week’s Tama County Supervisors’ meeting

TOLEDO – Dodging raindrops, the usual congregation of citizens and elected officials met for the weekly Supervisors meeting on Monday, May 19. The meeting began with a long discussion between the supervisors and Economic Development Director Katherine Ollendieck. The discourse on the future ...

Supervisors Channel Three

TOLEDO – Under bright blue skies and white cotton ball clouds, the county leaders met for their weekly meeting on Monday, May 12. All supervisors were present with Heather Knebel telecommuting via the Owl. She became a TV star as her image was on the television on the wall. The meeting ...

Remembering the fallen 50 years later

Editor’s Note: This is the seventh story in a series of nine first published by the Times-Republican newspaper honoring the 32 men from Grundy, Hardin, Marshall and Tama counties who perished during the Vietnam War including one man considered as missing-in-action. From Nov. 1, 1955 to ...

Mental Health Awareness Month in Tama County

TOLEDO – The Tama County Board of Supervisors held two meetings between Friday, May 2, and Monday, May 5 – double the meetings, double the fun. The first meeting which took place that Friday, had a few different agenda items, the most interesting being the acceptance of the resignation ...