TOLEDO – After spending almost all of her adult life working – starting out at 17 as a rural country school teacher and only retiring from Toledo City Hall in her mid 80s – lifelong Toledo resident Shirley Otterman joined the much-revered centenarian club on Wednesday, Oct. 23. And ...
TOLEDO – It may be ‘October’ but news that Mark Doland, Republican nominee for Tama County Supervisor District 4, previously resigned from his position as a Mahaska County supervisor will be no ‘surprise’ to many. In a letter to the editor printing this week (page 4), Tama County ...
TOLEDO – Last Monday morning, as the chilly October breeze blew through town, the usual group of locals met for the week's Tama County Board of Supervisors’ meeting. Starting off the meeting was Marty Wymore of Region 6 Resource Partners, who spoke to the supervisors about the senior public ...
TOLEDO – Iowa State University and Outreach Tama County office will host an Ornamental and Turfgrass Pest Control Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety ...
TOLEDO – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County office will host a Fumigation Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial and private pesticide applicators on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education ...
TAMA – Iowa’s public schools are under attack. That was the message on Sunday, Oct. 6, at the Tama Civic Center during a book talk with author/educator/podcaster Jennifer Berkshire hosted by the 501(c)(4) social welfare organization Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action ...
CLUTIER – Clutier ZCBJ Hall will soon benefit from a much-needed exterior facelift courtesy of a beloved town figure. During the Clutier ZCBJ Lodge #104 annual appreciation banquet held on Saturday, Oct. 12, at ZCBJ Hall in Clutier, Jackie Cizek presented a $10,000 check to the members in ...
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 ...
TRAER – On Friday, Oct. 4, Whannels Hardware and Cellular officially cut the ribbon on its new Verizon Wireless store located at 512 Second Street in downtown Traer. Those in attendance for the ribbon cutting included (pictured, l-r), Jay Whannel, Liz Whannel, Traer Mayor Pete Holden, ...
TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will present “Tama-Toledo Businesses: Then & Now” on Wednesday, Nov. 13, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St, Toledo, Iowa. Joan Hayward Helm will present a program on businesses of past years of the Tama-Toledo ...