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Oct 11, 2024 · 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 Courthouse as part of his […]
Obituaries | News, Sports, Jobs - Tama-Toledo News Chronicle
Oct 11, 2024 · TOLEDO-Mark Timothy Fetter, 71, of Toledo, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, October 3, 2024 in Tama, while doing one of his favorite things, golfing. Visitation and Celebration of Mark’s life will be held Wednesday, October 9, 2024 from 4-7 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. There will be a time of sharing following the Visitation […]
Death reported after Tama house fire
Aug 16, 2024 · TAMA – An individual was found dead after first responders were called to a house fire in the 600 block of Hall Street in Tama last Friday morning, according to a press release from the Tama Police Department. The Tama PD, Tama Fire Department, Toledo Fire Department and Tama EMS were initially dispatched to the scene, and an arriving officer ...
When all else fails, put a kiko goat on it | News, Sports, Jobs
Oct 21, 2021 · For about $700, the Robertsons contracted with Ledvina and Kubik for 11 goats for three weeks to clear out the woods like Ben remembered. Ledvina and Kubik set up solar-powered electric net fencing around the sides that weren’t fenced already — and then let the goats loose. Kubik would stop by to check on the small herd every other day.
Kunch family donation becomes popular hunting spot
Aug 16, 2024. IOWA DNR, SPECIAL TO THE NEWS CHRONICLE. TOLEDO — George and Virginia Kunch left a legacy when they donated their 162-acre family farm in Tama County to the people of Iowa in 2005. Gone are the buildings, cottonwood trees and ag fields. In their place is a diverse reconstructed prairie with wild bergamot, prairie blazing star ...
‘Red Earth Nation’ depicts Meskwaki Nation history
Local News. Aug 16, 2024. TAMA-TOLEDO NEWS CHRONICLE. In 1857, the Meskwaki Nation purchased an eighty-acre parcel of land along the Iowa River. With that modest plot secured as a place to rest and rebuild after centuries of devastation and dispossession, the Meskwaki, or “Red Earth People,” began to reclaim the homeland — an effort that ...
Satan and the Supervisors | News, Sports, Jobs - Tama-Toledo …
Sep 13, 2024. Michael D. Davis, Correspondent. TOLEDO – At last week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting, held on Sept. 3, there was only one agenda item, a request to use the Tama County Courthouse lawn for a “Bible reading on September 16-17 Paradise Lost — Reading Marathon.”. Assistant County Auditor Karen Rorhrs stated that she did ...
Tama County Jail Bookings and Arrests
Jul 16, 2021 · He was released July 2 on a miscellaneous transfer. Dawson Davenport, 40, Tama, was arrested in the 2600 block of F Avenue on a charge of domestic abuse/assault. July 3. Charles Lynn Poafpytbitty, 46, Toledo, was arrested in the 1008 South Prospect Drive on charges including multiple counts of identity theft and multiple counts of unauthorized ...
Tama County has spent nearly $89K (and counting) on wind …
Aug 30, 2024 · Kopsa was asked to comment on how the county’s legal spending has changed since 2022 when a local coalition known as Tama County Against Turbines (TCAT) roared onto the landscape following news that a third proposed wind farm, Apex Clean Energy’s now-defunct Winding Stairs Wind project, was in development in the county.
County considering largest salary increases for elected officials in …
Dec 24, 2021 · Editor’s Note: At their Dec. 20 regular meeting the Tama County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the salary recommendations described below in the following story. In the coming weeks Tama County Supervisors will be considering a recommendation that would raise salaries of the county’s elected officials by the largest amount in 20 years.