By Joyce Wiese Tama county supervisors Larry Vest, Kendall Jordan and Dan Anderson met with EMA (Emergency Management Director) Mindy Benson Monday morning. Benson presented a book on Hazard Mitigation Plans including all the Federal Rules. The book contains more than four hundred pages. ...
By John Speer CIP jspeer @tamatoledonews.com A mistrial was declared late Friday afternoon, Oct. 2, in the trial of Dustin Jerome Jefferson in Tama County District Court in Toledo. Jefferson is accused of aiding and abetting in the murder of his wife, Kerry O’Clair Jefferson, 32, in Tama ...
Photo by Margaret Thomsen GMG Homecoming Coronation was held on September 30 in Garwin. Jacob Burt was crowned King and Mattison Vaske was named Queen. The Court is pictured. In front are: Berkley Dvorak, Gwen Wichal and Jacoby Woodbury. Seated are: Kelsey Vaverka, Alexa Almanza, ...
The annual Scouting for Food drive will occur on Saturday, 17 October. Cub Scouts from Gladbrook Pack 327 will be collecting food from around town and deliver it to the local food bank for use by residents of Northwest Tama County. If you’d like to donate, please place your non-perishible ...
By: Kathryn WildSeniors Ty Eiffler and Madeline Mussig were recently crowned Gladbrook-Reinbeck's 2015 Homecoming King and Queen. The coronation occurred during Homecoming Happenings on Thursday, October 1. Other members of this year's Homecoming Court included Leah Holman, Sydney Brown, Hayley ...
By Joyce Wiese Tama County Supervisors met Monday morning, September 28, with Kendall Jordan and Dan Anderson being present. Larry Vest has been absent last week and this week due to Jury duty. County Engineer Lyle Brehm asked for a change of date for the Meskwaki Glow Run. A resolution was ...
By John Speer Central Iowa Press jspeer@tamatoledonews.com “This started four years ago when I was fishing off a river bridge,” Jim Eberhart of Toledo said. He was netting about one-half the fish he was catching - the rest were lost off the hook. The experience led to a four-years of ...
By: Kathryn Wild It’s that time of the year again: Gladbrook-Reinbeck Homecoming. Homecoming is where everyone celebrates how great our football team is doing, letting everyone get in on the fun. This year’s theme is Rock the Redhawks because of this week’s rival, North Tama. The high ...
On September 21, 2015, the Garwin Volunteer Fire Department received a Hometown Challenge Grant Award from Alliant Energy for $1500.00. In order to qualify for the grant, the Fire Department had to hold two separate community fund raising events with the grant award matching up to $1500.00 of ...
Dear Editor and G-R Fans,When I'm working in the den and Bruce is watching football in the living room, I can usually tell how the Bears are doing. If he's yelling a lot, I know the Bears aren't playing well (I know, some would say that's most of the time.) I'm not sure why (because I know they ...