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It’s all crop

TOLEDO – On Monday, Dec. 9, locals made quick work of nature's delicately feathered ice crystals and drove up to join in the week's Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. The activity that usually acts as the starter pistol to the meeting, the report from County Engineer Ben Daleske, was ...

Gov. Reynolds appoints state Sen. Chris Cournoyer as 48th Lt. Governor of Iowa

DES MOINES – Gov. Reynolds announced on Monday, Dec. 16, that she appointed Chris Cournoyer as Lieutenant Governor of Iowa. Cournoyer, a resident of LeClaire, was elected to the Iowa Senate in 2018. She chaired the inaugural Technology committee, from which position she wrote and managed the ...

Tama County Auditor Laura Kopsa set to retire

TOLEDO – After serving for more than 18 years at the helm of the Tama County Auditor’s Office where she has handled everything from county budgets to elections to clerking for the board of supervisors, Laura Kopsa is set to retire. Kopsa, 63, a Democrat from Tama, said her decision to ...

Property tax legislation expected in the 2025 session, legislative leaders say

Iowans should expect to see further property tax law changes brought up in the 2025 legislative session, lawmakers said during the Greater Des Moines Partnership legislative leadership breakfast held on Dec. 3. Senate Minority Leader Janice Weiner, House Majority Leader Matt Windschitl, House ...

Tama County Sheriff-elect makes the nice list

DYSART – Dysart’s Christmas on Main – the Dysart Development Corporations’ annual kickoff to the holiday season – was held on Saturday, Dec. 7, and, according to event organizers, was another huge success. While Santa and Mrs. Claus were in attendance at the community building mostly ...

Snow by Snow

TOLEDO – After waking up to a county blanketed in a dove white fluffy coating of snow, the usual Monday morning group of government conscious citizens sullied the fallen snowflakes with their footprints as they came out to attend last week's supervisors meeting. Tama County Engineer Ben ...

Drought conditions improve with above-average rainfall

DES MOINES – After a very dry September and October, above-average rainfall in November improved drought conditions for most of the state, according to the latest Water Summary Update. November’s preliminary statewide precipitation was 3.25 inches, or 1.43 inches above normal. Total ...

Dressed Up for Winter

TOLEDO — Many braved the chilly weather last Monday morning (Nov. 25), trooping through the blustery new-day air to attend the weekly Tama County Board of Supervisors’ meeting. The meeting started, as it does every week, with the Tama County Engineer's report. The bridge crew is ...

Deer gun seasons important for chronic wasting disease sample collection

IOWA – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will again be partnering with Iowa deer hunters to collect tissue samples to monitor for chronic wasting disease during the upcoming gun seasons. The goal is to collect samples from each county, with higher quotas based on the presence of or ...