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Category Archives: Tama County
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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Aug
13
Winding Stairs Festival photo gallery
These have no captions, but if you’re in them, you’ll know. Many parade pictures and the Max Morrison balloon tribute are included.
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Aug
12
Keith Sash is fair’s Iowan of the Day
Better State Fair news that I originally intended to post earlier. Sash, currently mayor of Gladbrook, is a former Tama County supervisor involved in a lot of county groups.
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Jul
22
Tama Jim Wilson exhibit at Traer Museum
Here’s something to start getting back in the swing of things. KWWL
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May
14
KWWL checks in with Gladbrook’s mayor
But in Reinbeck, since that’s where Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School is. Keith Sash used to be a Tama County supervisor. KWWL.com
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May
03
A week ago in Traer
it was Drive Your Tractor to School Day. Usually, there would be planting going on, but not with the weather the way it’s been. (From North Tama’s Twitter account. In other news, North Tama has a Twitter account.)
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Apr
27
Keely Lyons, 1985-2003
On April 27, 2003, a girl was killed on the night of her senior prom. It wasn’t by anything she or her friends had done. The incident is perhaps most horrifying in its driest description: A drunk driver doing 80 … Continue reading
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Apr
18
Drought buster
Nearly all of Tama County is now at normal moisture conditions, according to the Drought Monitor – and that doesn’t include any rain since Tuesday morning. Now the eastern third of the state is normal, and only an area around … Continue reading
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