Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced a new state-funded conservation cost-share pilot project supporting farmers and landowners in the watersheds upstream from the Des Moines and Cedar ...

After years of planning, failed bond attempts, leadership transitions, and years of construction, leaders of the South Tama County Community School District officially cut the ribbon on the new middle ...

A Garwin man has been arrested and charged with animal neglect following the discovery of a deceased dog at his residence. According to court documents, on Wednesday, Aug. 20 just after 9 p.m., Daltin ...

I’m writing this from cross country camp—our annual tradition of running too many miles, eating too much pasta, and pretending sleeping in bunk beds is somehow good for “team bonding.” Two years ago, ...

Monday night’s school board meeting was short and sweet with little on the agenda. Both Joe Hanus and Megan Thiessen were once again absent leaving the decisions to be made by only three of five board ...

Football fans got their first look at STC’s 2025 squad on Friday night, Aug. 22, when the Trojans traveled to West Marshall to participate in the ‘Trojan Bowl’ scrimmage. Ranked in the top 15 by many ...

Many rural Coloradans, especially in agricultural communities, feel looked down on by their urban counterparts. One cattle rancher I spoke to put it plainly. “It’s an attitude … we are the idiots … we ...

In a report released last Friday, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office concluded that the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Tama man Logan Kurth by Lt. Nathan Wunn of the Toledo Police Department on July 5 ...

The site of today’s South Tama County Middle School has been home to Toledo’s schools for nearly 170 years. Since the ...

Toledo Bandstand to receive a facelift TOLEDO — Toledo Bandstand renovations are set to begin in full swing beginning on Sept. 8, with an 8 a.m. groundbreaking ceremony. Located on the east side of ...

A lemonade stand might sound simple, but at Miss Lacy’s Preschool it’s part of something much bigger: a community effort to ...

As event moderator Tommy Hexter asked the 20 or so people in attendance for last Wednesday night’s listening session how many ...