Tama County District Court Before Judge Chad A. Kepros in Tama County District Court in Toledo: Kevin Romain Banks, 48, Nevada, Iowa, pleaded guilty to 3rd degree harassment. He was fined and assessed court costs totaling $223. A no contact order of protection was issued for a ...
It was time to replace the roof on the Tama County Historical and Genealogical Society log cabin Brett Reece says he discovered shortly after he became a board member a couple of years ago. Last week a tear off of the old wooden shake shingles and the replacement was done in a long day which ...
The Garwin Christian Church will be observing their 160th Anniversary Celebration Sunday, August 5, 2018. A special program will be held at 2:00 p.m. with previous pastors invited to participate. Church history and memorabilia will be on display. Fellowship and refreshments will follow. ...
“Such a strange time,” U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) said as he led off an hour-long discussion with more than a dozen Tama County Democrat activists at King Tower Cafe in Tama Sunday afternoon, July 22. While not really mentioning a 2020 presidential bid, Merkley certainly gave the ...
Q: How does transparency hold government accountable? A: Sometimes I wonder if people get tired of this Iowa senator talking about transparency and accountability. Let me assure skeptics that these two principles of good government aren’t trite buzz words or talking points I use in floor ...
Two old men had been best friends for years...and they both live to their early 90’s, when one of them suddenly falls deathly ill. His friend comes to visit him on his deathbed, and they’re reminiscing about their long friendship, when the dying man’s friend asks, “Listen, when you die, ...
We play a name-that-tune game in the car while listening to the radio. Whoever is first to blurt the title of a song and the name of the group or artist singing it wins. Last weekend I encountered a melody unfamiliar to me. When I fessed up to this, my husband said, “It’s a song from the ...
Crayon corner Preschool led the 2018 Kiddies Parade.
Jack and James Merkel came all the way from Redding, MA to tells us “Corn Carnival Kicks - Kid Tested and Mother Approved!” Parents are Troy and Jackie Merkel and Grandma is Lisa Reinhard.
Editor: The Corn Carnival Committee Chairpersons & Directors would like to give a HUGE THANK YOU to all of you who stepped up to volunteer at the inflatables and other events during this year’s celebration. Without all of you, it would not have been possible to pull any of this off. It ...