July 2-4 The Toledo All-Class Reunion Committee meets regularly to put the finishing touches on the plans for the 2010 Toledo High School All-Class Reunion.

During the last several weeks, poor winter weather conditions forced The Blood Center of Iowa to cancel a number of blood drives.

Before Judge Marsha M. Beckelman: Matthew Scott Hazelwood, 26, Eldora, was sentenced to concurrent five-year prison terms and fined a total of $1,500. Hazelwood entered guilty pleas to charges of 2nd degree theft and possession of a controlled substance- 3rd offense.

MIKE GILCHRIST IN THE TOLEDO CHRONICLE I caught some flack from a couple readers regarding the way I ended my column last week: "If God's intent is to steel one by life's experience, then I am a pillar of iron." Relax, would ya! I was not positing myself as any pillar of the community or anything of the sort.

Toledo native Michael Patterson has joined his music composition talents with Iowaa s agriculture education heritage and brought to life on stage the story of George Washington Carver.

Toledo city officials are still compiling a budget for 2010-11, but expect it to be about $2.47 million, up a bit from the current year.

By John Speer Editor Steve Bishop says he saw a chance to keep a business in downtown Toledo as well as an opportunity for himself and family when approached by an American Family Insurance recruiter.

It will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, at the Tama County Museum in Toledo, and is open to the public.

On Wednesday, Jan. 6, 11 very hardy and dedicated Toledo High School grads met at the State Bank of Toledo Meeting Room to further the planning for the All-Class Reunion to be held the weekend of July 2, 3 and 4. The reunion will be at the Toledo Reinig Community Center.

Howdy, my name is Corey Kline, and I am currently interning for our local paper.

Toledo firefighters and the ambulance service were earlier on the scene of a jackknifed semi trailer truck north of Toledo bear 270th Street.

Tama County Republicans mistakenly reported the wrong site for their Saturday, Jan.

TO GO INFO: What:Young Bear Family Art Show When:Mon-Fri 11 a.m.-5 p.m. to Jan. 30 Where:Fisher Community Center Gallery-Auditorium, 709 S. Center St., Marshalltown TAMA NEWS-HERALD- Art work by the parents and six children of Ray and Stella Young Bear, is currently on exhibit at the Fisher Community Center Gallery-Auditorium in Marshalltown.

G. Gress Rogers, 92 of Ames, and former resident of Toledo and Estes Park, Colo., died Jan.

South Tama Middle School The Department of Educationa s definition of persistently lowest-achieving schools includes schools with less than 67% of all students who are proficient in both reading and math over a three-year period of time.

A wind energy field bordering U.S. Highway 63 and stretching from north of Toledo to Iowa Highway 96 is in the development stage.

Sun., Jan. 3 Took harassment complaint and wrote warrant Toledo PD for information 11:20 p.m.- Arrest in 300 blk.

Seasonal flu shots are still available by appointment for current patients of Deer Creek Family Care in Toledo.

Local officials say the bypass on U.S. Highway 30 around the cities of Tama and Toledo should be a boon, rather than a bust, to those towns, and the surrounding area.

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING JANUARY 4, 2010 by: Joyce Wiese Monday morning the Tama County Board of Supervisors met for the annual reorganization meeting.