TOLEDO – Last week, the Tama County Board of Supervisors spent most of their meeting time talking over policy changes to the employee handbook. Head of Human Resources Tammy Wise explained all of the alterations that will go into effect on January 1, 2024, including some simple changes in ...
TRAER – With much of her family by her side, Gladbrook native Ruth (née Redfearn) Rasmussen – longtime Traer resident and founder of the town’s famed Salt & Pepper Shaker Gallery – celebrated her 100th birthday last Saturday at Sunrise Hill Care and Rehab Center. While she ...
OTTER CREEK – During the Dec. 6 meeting of the Tama Co. Board of Conservation, board members led by the department’s new director Curtis Behrens spent a considerable amount of time discussing adding alcohol to the nature center’s rental policy. Currently alcohol of any kind is not ...
TOLEDO – Last Monday, Dec. 4, the meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors kicked off with the usual boot as the Tama County Engineer gave his weekly report. The department is gearing up for winter, putting all their ducks in a row before the snow starts to fall. Work on the K Avenue ...
DES MOINES – The Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) recently donated $10,000 worth of pork Friday to help fight food insecurity in central Iowa. That translates to about 14,400 meals, divided between the Food Bank of Iowa and the Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC). The Food Bank ...
TOLEDO – Bow wow, wow yippy yo yippy hey, this is what went on at last week's Tama Co. Supervisors meeting. Dogs, pooches, K-9s, whatever you want to call the furry little creatures, were the main subjects of the meeting. Kayla Kerkove, director of the Tama County Humane Society, came to ...
DES MOINES – It’s hard to have a happy holiday if you’re arrested for drunk driving. The Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau (GTSB) is partnering with law enforcement across Iowa to urge drivers to think twice before drinking and driving. December 15 – January 1, 2024, drivers will see ...
OTTER CREEK – Curtis Behrens was recently hired as Tama County’s next Conservation Director, replacing former director Stephen Mayne who resigned in August. And while Behrens has only been in the position since Nov. 6, he said he’s ready to put the focus of his department back on ...
TAMA COUNTY – Entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is going all in on “overperforming” at the upcoming Iowa Caucus, and he stopped at Tama County’s La Terraza Mexican Grill in Toledo on Monday, Nov. 20 as part of that effort to reach new voters and touch on ...
Following the official first and second canvass of the Nov. 7 city and school elections in Tama County, the winner of several city government races including in the communities of Garwin, Tama, Clutier, and Vining. Garwin In Garwin, no one filed to run for the two-year term council vacancy. ...