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Category Archives: Tama County
Jan
24
Further notes on the new football districts
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
(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
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
Posted in Construction, Tama County
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Nov
22
Plans for US 30 in eastern Tama County
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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Nov
21
Code talking tribes honored
The Congressional Gold Medal was awarded yesterday to the Meskwaki (Mesquakie) Indian tribe of Tama County, among others, for their work in World War II. This sentence about the training, though, makes you go “hmm”: They received jungle warfare training … Continue reading
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Nov
20
Tama County US 30 meeting tomorrow
The Iowa DOT is holding a hearing in Toledo on Thursday to discuss proposals for upgrading US 30 east of Tama. What makes this hearing different from many of those in the past few years is that there will be … Continue reading
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Oct
26
North Tama out of playoffs for first time since 2005
The worst football season in North Tama history and the worst in Traer in half a century ended Friday with a 38-0 shutout by Belle Plaine. With a record of 1-8 (1-5), it’s the first time since 2005 that the Redhawks … Continue reading
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Sep
06
Traer mentioned in Wall Street Journal
It’s a short segment (Ellen Young is interviewed) of a story focused on a festival in Kansas. Traer is part of the larger picture of how some town festivals may not be completely in sync with their namesakes. In the … Continue reading
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Aug
28
Montour’s Iowa River bridge
July 7, 2013: When US 30 was taken off the Lincoln Highway in Tama County in 1954, Montour was left behind. The Iowa Highway Commission took the IA 135 number from Le Grand and moved it east. At first, 135 … Continue reading
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Aug
23
Four little letters
Last month, on my first day of vacation, I listened to the hosts of “The Big Show” on WHO-AM talking about a uniquely Iowan part of their youth. “Watch out for the 77 cars,” their parents warned, “because those are … Continue reading
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