Jan 24, 2025 · Effective advocacy requires understanding the legislative process and employing strategic communication. Iowans can impact legislation by providing their perspective on a bill and explaining the reasoning for their position. As a former Iowa State Senator from Maquoketa, I served in the Iowa Senate from 2011 to 2019 and saw countless examples of advocacy in action.

6 hours ago · GARWIN — North Tama girls basketball’s pressure defense crunched GMG in a 51-28 win for the Redhawks at GMG High School last Friday, Jan. 24. The Redhawks (7-7, 6-3 Iowa Star South) forced numerous turnovers in a lopsided first quarter, leading GMG 16-2 after eight minutes. “This team has to press,” North Tama coach Harold […]

Jan 24, 2025 · Dan Brandt, 80, of Marshalltown, passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at his home from ALS while under the care of Iowa River Hospice. Visitation will be held Thursday, January 23 at Mitchell Family Funeral Home from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, January 24 at […]

6 hours ago · GARWIN — Kayler Morris stepped up for North Tama boys basketball with the eventual game-winning basket in a 54-53 triumph at GMG last Friday night (Jan. 24). Morris finished with a game-high 24 points, including six 3-pointers, but it was his swooping layup with about 10 seconds left in the game that pushed the Redhawks […]

Jan 24, 2025 · Habitual offender arrested, charged with area American Legion burglaries January 24, 2025 - Local News TOLEDO — A Marshalltown man with an extensive rap sheet has been arrested and charged by the Tama County Sheriff’s Office in connection with the late December burglaries of the Garwin and Gladbrook American Legions as well as a Jan. 2 robbery at the Tama-Toledo Eagles Club.

6 hours ago · TRAER – The North Tama high school addition project took a huge leap forward late last week when multiple precast concrete wall panels were delivered and subsequently lifted into place by a crane. With the placement of the panels, a concrete picture began to take shape for the public to see of the new two-story […]

Winds of change. January 17, 2025. TOLEDO – The winds of change are sweeping through Tama County government. It has been roughly three years since members of the local coalition Tama County Against Turbines (TCAT) first started asking the then three-member Tama County Board of Supervisors to enact a moratorium on commercial ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Tama County’s new sheriff is no butterfingers, triumphs in local pie baking contest. January 24, 2025. GLADBROOK – Tama County Sheriff Casey Schmidt (R-Dysart) was quite possibly ‘filling’ like a million bucks last Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Tama County Pork Producers annual banquet in Gladbrook after his homemade butterfinger pie won first place in the men’s division of the best pie ...

Jan 17, 2025 · TOLEDO – The winds of change are sweeping through Tama County government. It has been roughly three years since members of the local coalition Tama County Against Turbines (TCAT) first started asking the then three-member Tama County Board of Supervisors to enact a moratorium on commercial wind energy development in the county. During that time, […]

Jan 3, 2025 · TRAER – Tama County Sheriff Dennis Kucera, now retired, was honored last Saturday, Dec. 28, during a public open house held at the Memorial Building in Traer. For several hours that afternoon, family, friends, sheriff’s office staff including current and former deputies and reserve deputies, and even several local politicians waited patiently in a receiving […]