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Category Archives: Tama County
Nov
16
‘Butter Cow Lady’ statue needs to be restored
In Toledo, on a hill just north of the US 63/Business 30 intersection, is a non-butter sculpture from Iowa State Fair Butter Cow sculptor “Duffy” Lyon. It is of a cow and her calf. The Aug. 10 derecho ripped the … Continue reading
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Oct
29
Ride the wind
October 21, 2020 If you can’t read the sign, it says: “2020 Derecho Scarecrow. Ride the wind and Wind up in Traer.” Traer was the only community in Tama County that had electricity the night of August 10. In other … Continue reading
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Oct
16
Football seasons ending and starting
The topsy-turvy churn otherwise known as 2020 in sports continues with both ends and starts. High school football playoffs begin tonight. This year, they’re built in a different way. Much like postseasons in basketball and baseball, every team is in … Continue reading
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Sep
24
Department of Not-Quite-Redundancy Department, Bank Acronym Edition
The Webster City Daily Freeman-Journal reported last week that a bank from there opened a branch in Tama. The bank’s name in question is WCF Financial. The initials got me to pondering the name, after a brief moment of wondering why … Continue reading
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Sep
23
North Tama needs a Homecoming date
Lynnville-Sully has switched to virtual learning because of a substantial number of quarantined students (story: Newton Daily News). That means all L-S activities are immediately cancelled, including a district football game Friday night at North Tama. If you know of … Continue reading
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Sep
21
South Tama is running out of Internet
Really. (Warning: WHO’s website autoplays video now. Additionally, the livestream now requires a reload every 20 minutes.) I don’t understand how this hasn’t been a significant topic the past few months: For significant numbers of students and school districts, it … Continue reading
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Sep
03
Derecho claims the King Tower Cafe
The King Tower Cafe on the east side of Tama is closed for good, the Tama-Toledo News-Chronicle reported last month. 🙁 “Unfortunately after the epidemic we were hit very hard financially after having to be closed for those weeks that we … Continue reading
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Aug
28
Football(?)(*)(?)
There is to be football in Traer tonight. After Iowa became the first state to complete high school seasons in any sport (despite both the North Tama softball and baseball teams unable to say the same), Iowa will be one … Continue reading
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Aug
27
Big T Maid-Rite has closed
Another item lost in the shuffle: The Big T Maid-Rite in Toledo, at the corner of (Business) US 30 and US 63 since that intersection opened in the mid-1950s, is gone for good. The restaurant went from being forced closed … Continue reading
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Aug
21
‘Votes count now’
From the September 23, 1920, Tama Herald, unsigned but presumably from editor/publisher Charles J. Wonser: Votes count now. For many years we men have been told what would happen if women were given equal suffrage with men. Now they have … Continue reading
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