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The ex-head volleyball coach with a school district in Iowa was charged with four counts of sexual exploitation by a school employee.

Small newsrooms around the country, often more than 100 years old, often the only local news source, are closing under the weight of the coronavirus.

dgraham@tamatoledonews.com U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) visits with Lou and Cheryl Rausch of Clearline Industries in Traer. Lou Rausch and the late Rex Betts founded the company in 1978 out of an 800-square-foot building in the country west of Traer. Grassley’s visit counted toward his 99 county tour for 2021. While at Clearline, Grassley toured their manufacturing facility and sat with employees for a roundtable discussion. Darvin Graham/News Chronicle U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) made his second stop in the last four months to Tama County on Jan. 13. In early September Grassley...

dgraham@tamatoledonews.com The proposed Salt Creek Wind Farm project in Tama County made significant steps toward becoming a reality recently. The Tama County board of adjustment met at 9 a.m. on Dec. 9 in Toledo where they considered and ultimately voted on 60 conditional use permits submitted by Salt Creek Wind LLC. The permits were seeking approval of 60 sites within a 25,000 acre footprint in central Tama County that will be used to construct wind turbines for the Salt Creek Wind Farm project. After more than an hour of presentations from Salt Creek Wind representatives, the county board ...