Category Archives: Tama County

Apr 25

Anyone want to buy a bridge?

Posted on Friday, April 25, 2014, at 10:37 AM by Jeff

Tama County is fast losing its few remaining Pratt truss bridges from the beginning of the 20th Century. The latest bridge to be on the chopping block is one locally known as the Chambers Ford bridge, across the Iowa River … Continue reading →

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Apr 17

Former NT band teacher in the news

Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2014, at 10:03 AM by Jeff

On the wires this week: A story about a 79-year-old flute player in a fifth-grade band in Dubuque, with a quote from director Brian Enabnit. I am assuming this is the same Brian Enabit who led North Tama’s high school … Continue reading →

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Mar 08

North Tama, Hudson renew football series

Posted on Saturday, March 8, 2014, at 10:28 AM by Jeff

In the second-to-last game of 1997, the undefeated North Tama Redhawks suffered a heartbreaking 7-6 loss to the Hudson Pirates. A loss to Wapsie Valley the next week kept a 7-2 NT team out of the Class 1A playoffs that … Continue reading →

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Feb 18

Geneseo featured in article about abandoned schools

Posted on Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at 2:06 PM by Jeff

Sept. 23, 2011: The abandoned Geneseo Township school building east of Buckingham, like many pre-WWII schools in Iowa, had an addition built later. The addition area was used for apartments for a time. In my travels across Iowa, I have … Continue reading →

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Feb 16

NT girls win first game of postseason

Posted on Sunday, February 16, 2014, at 1:16 AM by Jeff

Woo! After beating Glabrook-Reinbeck for the second time in two weeks, the Redhawks will play South Hardin at Eldora Tuesday night —  for the second time in just over a week. NT lost the previous matchup. Because of the girls’ … Continue reading →

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Jan 30

North Tama’s enrollment drop among largest in state

Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2014, at 4:04 PM by Jeff

Meanwhile, Waukee added NT’s entire student population in one year. Again. The 2013-14 Iowa enrollment numbers, released last week by the Department of Education, show a positive change statewide from the previous school year. However, those gains are not spread … Continue reading →

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Jan 24

Further notes on the new football districts

Posted on Friday, January 24, 2014, at 4:51 PM by Jeff

Odds and ends of observations. The redesign of the IHSAA’s website completely bollixed up links to anything older than a couple years. Fortunately, with the Internet Wayback Machine, it is possible to recover old district lists. Number of teams/schools by … Continue reading →

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Jan 23

Old playoff foes pepper North Tama’s new football district

Posted on Thursday, January 23, 2014, at 2:37 PM by Jeff

(Of course the new enrollments and football districts would drop within 24 hours of each other. Looks like I have a whole bunch of new numbers to play with.) The IHSAA has released the football districts for 2014-15. The Register … Continue reading →

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Dec 02

Toledo Chronicle article on US 30 expressway

Posted on Monday, December 2, 2013, at 2:25 PM by Jeff

With pictures. The most interesting part of the article is that the DOT says building a completely new four-lane, rather than twinning the existing road, would make for a four-year project instead of seven. It would also cost more to … Continue reading →

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Nov 22

Plans for US 30 in eastern Tama County

Posted on Friday, November 22, 2013, at 6:07 PM by Jeff

November 22, 2006: This intersection, where the Lincoln Highway turns southeast, will be removed under the preliminary plan for a US 30 expressway. I was unable to make Thursday’s meeting — having a quarter-inch of ice covering the car will … Continue reading →

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