Toledo News

Total circulation was up six percent at the Toledo Public Library last year and the Toledo Public Library Foundation will soon have about $60,000 in the bank to aid library projects.

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

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.

CHRONICLKE a NEWS-HERALD TO DO INFO: What: City elections, county-wide When: Tuesday, Nov.

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

Tama County joined an elite group of five other finalists who achieved the status this year.

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

HERALD To Do Info: nd bake sale benefit for Billy Murphy When:Sunday, Oct 18, 7-11:30 a.m. Where: Tama American Legion, 1105 E. 5th St.

Rose Ward wona t be opposing incumbent Toledo Mayor Pam Wood in the Nov. 3 city election, even though her name will still be on the ballot.

Construction of relocated U.S. 30 through Toledo will cause the permanent closure of through traffic on South Church Street between Grand and Oak streets beginning Oct.

People in need have more than just the staples to choose from at the South Tama Food Pantry in Tama.

Ervin Clair Heller, 93, of Toledo died Tuesday, Oct.13, 2009 ,at the Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center.

The Tama Toledo Civic Women are now preparing for their annual craft show. This year the date is Sunday, Nov.

Food for Scouting activities will be held this Saturday, Oct. 17. Local Troop 391 Boy Scouts and Pack 391 Weebelo Cub Scouts are working together to help refill the local food pantry.

Editor's Note: This letter was written by Toledo native Michael Patterson, a professor of music at Simpson College Indianola, in support of the Iowa Great Places and other grant efforts for the Wieting Theatre restoration.

Edward Ralph Rosheim, 87, Tama, died Monday, Oct.5, 2009 at his home under the care of Iowa Hospice.

Tama County has announced that the funds for the $294,876 federal housing grant through the Iowa Department of Economic Development for housing rehabilitation have been released.

The Toledo City Council approved the first reading of the sewer rate increase at a public hearing Monday night, Sept.

The next meeting of the Tama Co. Historical and Genealogical Society will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.

When it comes to cutting costs, little things really do add up. Just ask folks at Linn county who recently found out that using one cell phone company instead of five, would save $10-$15 thousand a year.