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Tama County News

Meet the Candidates: Tama County Board of Supervisors District 4

Ahead of the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing correspondent Michael Davis sent questionnaires to all the candidates running for the Tama County Board of Supervisors. This week we feature responses from Democrat Berleen Wobeter and Republican Mark Doland, both of Toledo, who ...

Meet the Candidates for Supervisor District 4: Mark Doland

Mark Doland, 48, is the Republican nominee for Tama County Supervisor District 4. He lives in rural Toledo (seven miles northwest of the city limits) with his wife Gwendy (Thede) Doland; they have five daughters and three sons. He works as a probation officer. His educational background ...

Meet the Candidates for Supervisor District 4: Berleen Wobeter

Berleen Wobeter, 67, is the Democratic nominee for Tama County Supervisor District 4. She lives on a farm north of Toledo. She was raised on her family’s farm in northern Tama County; after marrying her husband Pete Wobeter, they moved to their current farm where they raised two children, ...

Bru, Petersen to receive full DMACC scholarships

DES MOINES – Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) is pleased to announce its 2024-25 class of Mark Pearson FFA Leadership Scholars, which includes a total of 27 outstanding students from across Iowa. The group features 14 first-year students and 13 returning students, with each attending ...

‘We did what we thought was the right thing to do’

TOLEDO – Under the shade of a giant oak tree and just a stone’s throw away from the local county Republicans’ campaign office, State Auditor Rob Sand – Iowa’s only statewide elected Democrat – spoke to about a dozen people last Thursday afternoon on the lawn of the Tama County ...

Tama County American Legion and Auxiliary to hold joint meeting Oct. 22

GLADBROOK – Tama County American Legion and Auxiliary will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Gladbrook Legion Hall at 1:30 p.m. There will be a memorial service for all Legion and Auxiliary members deceased in the last year. Please get your list of deceased members to Lorraine Vileta.

Right-of-way Monday morning

TOLEDO – As the cool fall breeze blew through town, rustling the leaves, the usual bunch gathered for the Tama County Board of Supervisors’s meeting on Monday, Sept. 30. It started, like normal, with the engineer's report stating that Denco is finishing up filling cracks. The department ...