NEWS CHRONICLE PHOTO BY ROBERT MAHARRY Page Humphrey, left, and Melissa Capuano, right, were the two main presenters during a Thrive Iowa kickoff meeting held at the Tama Civic Center on Wednesday ...

Once the switch for the sun was flipped on and Monday began, those usual meeting goers made their way to the Tama County Supervisors meeting. The meeting started with a lengthy exempt session that had ...

2026 MSS Homecoming Royalty crowned St. John Lutheran Church to celebrate 150 years Sunday St. John Lutheran Church will celebrate 150 years on Sunday, October 18, 2026. The church itself had its ...

This week’s Tama City Council meeting started with an update on a nuisance property, and they decided to extend the deadline for the property’s cleanup. Next up, there were two public hearings, the ...

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO A group of local elected officials and economic development leaders headed to the southwest Iowa community of Stanton on Thursday, Oct. 1 for an educational trip. They met first ...

Michael “Choo Choo” Jacob Niewahner was born May 1, 1947 to Edward and Mildred (Hanneken) Niewahner in Crescent Springs, Kentucky, the 5th of 8 children. Michael passed away September 29, 2026 at the ...

Beverly June Gerard, 98, of Chelsea, IA, passed away September 30, 2026, at Sunny Hill Care Center, Tama, IA. She is survived by her niece, Debra (Ken) Behounek; nephews, Randy (Susan) Smith, Bradley ...

Theron Ralph Wilkerson, age 87, Marshalltown, Iowa, born in Tama County, Iowa, on December 8, 1938, passed away at UnityPoint Health – Grundy County Memorial Hospital on October 4, 2026. Religious ...

State Auditor and Democratic nominee for governor Rob Sand smiles as Denise Curtis, a registered Republican, introduces herself from the back row during Sand’s Monday, Sept. 28, Tama County town hall ...

It is abundantly clear that Iowa needs new political leaders; at all levels. This week the Iowa Farmers Union released its endorsements for state races for the 2026 election. In its comments on their ...

This is not a dream — it is a nightmare. He tells us that if we elect a Democrat we are voting for communism — a very evil thing. Then he ridicules Zelensky on national TV, but he literally puts out a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Farm Bureau members from across the state departed their Iowa farms for Washington, D.C., Sept. 14-17, and met with their elected officials and agency representatives, joining a ...