Tama County News

Former Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack will be the special guest at the Tama County Democratic Partya s Holiday Soup Supper on Tuesday, Dec.

Posted on Nov 20, 2009 by admin . An anhydrous ammonia leak has been reported at a fertilizer plant in the Tama County community of Traer.

Some Clerk's offices are having office hours shortened more: See acompanying pdf for a list of those counties.

One vacant position in the Tama County Clerk of Courta s Office has been eliminated and hours for two other positions reduced in the latest round of cuts announced last Thursday.

An official at the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort said he is "really not concerned" about the four new casino applications the state will consider, including a proposal for Tama County.

State gambling regulators say they're worried about cannibalization in the Iowa casino industry as four communities pursue new gambling licenses.

Nov. 12--DES MOINES -- Details have been released on Tama County's plans for a new casino, while officials said Franklin County's failure to beat the gaming license application deadline developed because of a conflict between developers.

The Tama County Sheriff is responding to a hunting accident just west of Belle Plaine.

The spread of the swine flu virus has officials at Iowa's casinos taking various measures to protect their customers' health.

Toledo Police say they are investigating a suspicious death. Police were called to the Plantation Apartments at 301 "C" Street after getting a 9-1-1 call.

Authorities are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death at an apartment complex in Toledo in central Iowa.

Some are standing in line for hours, others are going to their local school, and in some cases a mobile health van is delivering the swine flu vaccine to rural Iowa towns.

" Just four of the five groups expected to seek a state casino license handed over their proposals to state regulators Monday.

The Tama-Toledo Area Branch of American Association of University Women will again sell holiday Christmas garland.A A Garland will be available to homes and businesses and will be delivered.

Before Magistrate Richard Vander Mey- Fernando E. Camacho, 33, Toledo was found guilty in a trial on the charge of driving while license suspended.

The Tama County Extension Office will offer the Ornamental and Turfgrass Applicators Continuing Instructional Course for commercial pesticide applicators Wednesday, Nov.

Posted on Oct 28, 2009 by Admin . Jason Harriman Jason Harriman of rural Traer is back in jail on charges he tried to kill his ex-wife after he tried to buy a gun, the sheriff's office said.

Note: Arrest or citation for a crime is not a determination of guilt. Guilt or innocence is always established in a court of law.

On Sunday, October 25, members of the Tama County Sheriff's Office, the Mid-Iowa Drug Task Force and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms arrested Jason Troy Harriman, 35, at his residence in rural Traer.

Expansion plans for Otter Creek Lake and Park northeast of Toledo got a big boost with the recent awarding of a $296,831 Resource Enhancement and Protection Program grant.