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Todays News

Tama County 911 communications director resigns, receives severance package

TOLEDO — Tama County’s 911 communications director and his now former employer have parted ways. Jeremy Cremeans voluntarily entered into a severance agreement with the Tama County E-911 Service Board on Jan. 31, 2025 — an agreement that upon signature “immediately and completely” ...

G-R voters head to polls March 4 over voted PPEL increase

REINBECK — It has been a decade since the Gladbrook-Reinbeck (G-R) school board voted 5-2 to close the entire K-8 Gladbrook school campus at year’s end and move all students to buildings in Reinbeck. And in what has become a recurring theme since then, voters in the district are again being ...

New federal lawsuit filed against city of Toledo, former police officer

TOLEDO — Although a federal judge recently dismissed one of the excessive force lawsuits filed against the city of Toledo and former Police Officer Kyle Howe, another is now pending on behalf of 27-year-old Issaias Romero of Tama, who was thrown onto the hood of Howe’s patrol car while he ...

Melbourne man found guilty of sexually abusing a minor

On Thursday, a Marshall County jury found Josiah Benbow, 27, of Melbourne, guilty of second-degree sexual abuse and enticing a minor. The charges involved the December 2022 sexual abuse of a person who was under the age of 14 at the time. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 21. ...

Plea agreement reduces charge to misdemeanor for Tapia

A March plea hearing has been scheduled for Marco Antonio Tapia. Tapia, 27, of Marshalltown, will submit a written plea of guilty to assault with intent to commit sexual abuse, an aggravated misdemeanor. He was originally charged with third-degree sexual abuse, a Class C felony which carries ...