2026 Iowa State Fair Queen Belle Werner, center, is congratulated by fellow county fair queens following her coronation in Des Moines earlier this month. PHOTO COURTESY OF IOWA STATE FAIR DES MOINES — ...

NEWS CHRONICLE PHOTO BY ROBERT MAHARRY - Bawnmore Farms of rural Chelsea, one of six 2026 “The Way We Live” honorees at the Iowa State Fair, was recognized over the lunch hour on Saturday at the Anne ...

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 ...

The Tama County Courthouse. Karina Cooper's first degree murder trial is scheduled to begin in Tama County District Court on May 20, 2024. PHOTO COURTESY GOOGLE EARTH TOLEDO – Karina Cooper’s motion ...

Snowed in at an Iowa motel….fourteen strangers..No Way Out! When the highway closes…the comedy begins… The Wieting Theatre is proud to present the world premier of Tom Akers comedy in three acts, A Hi ...

The C&M Circus (Culpepper and Merriweather) is coming to Dysart on Aug 24 and Toledo on Aug 25 and traveling through other Iowa towns. This circus company was cited by the United States Department of ...

Max passed away peacefully on December 20, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Born on November 28, 1938, in Marshalltown, Iowa, Max lived a full life marked by hard work and devotion to family. Max ...

Royce Lynn York, 76, of Montour, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. A Memorial Graveside Service with military honors will be ...

September was a very wet month, and we are all very appreciative of a dry forecast for October. Harvest season could be interesting this year. The Board of Supervisors signed a contract to hire an ...

After conducting a poll through the Tama-Toledo Community Yard Sales Facebook, June 11,12, and 13th will host the latest round of sales. Charlie Betz started the practice back up last summer which saw ...

Brett Matthew Houghton was born October 29, 1968, in Marshalltown, Iowa, to Ronald and Connie (Doran) Houghton. He was the eighth and youngest of their children. Brett was a dedicated father to four ...

Rep. Dean Fisher (R-Montour). The legislature has finished week 11 of the session, we are busy working on bills sent over from the Senate and preparing appropriations bills for the final weeks of the ...