Category Archives: Tama County

Sep 24

Department of Not-Quite-Redundancy Department, Bank Acronym Edition

Posted on Thursday, September 24, 2020, at 10:15 AM by Jeff

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

Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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

Posted on Monday, September 21, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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

Posted on Thursday, September 3, 2020, at 10:20 AM by Jeff

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(?)(*)(?)

Posted on Friday, August 28, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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

Posted on Thursday, August 27, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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’

Posted on Friday, August 21, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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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Jul 14

Tama County Fair cancelled

Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at 10:15 AM by Jeff

The Tama County Fair in Gladbrook stood a slightly better chance of not being called off, compared to other county fairs, because it is so small, pretty much 4H/FFA exclusive. But then both the softball and baseball teams at North … Continue reading →

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Jul 08

2020 Winding Stairs Festival cancelled

Posted on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at 10:05 AM by Jeff

The obvious and inevitable, again. It didn’t help that North Tama softball forfeited the rest of the season less than 36 hours earlier after “potential indirect exposure” to COVID-19. The Winding Stairs Festival Committee hearts couldn’t be more full due to … Continue reading →

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Jun 16

SPORTS

Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Iowa, the only state with the crazy notion of playing summer sports in summer, gets to be the first state with high school sports reactivated this week. Baseball and softball games started statewide yesterday, but North Tama starts this evening, … Continue reading →

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