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Category Archives: Tama County
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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Apr
12
Getting wetter
Much of Tama County has now been upgraded to “abnormally dry” while farther east, the drought is “over” inasmuch as there are “normal conditions.” This week’s rain will shrink the red and orange areas even more.
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Mar
14
Two more consolation game stories
As promised a week ago. (The Hawk Eye is behind a paywall.) Times-Republican: North Tama finds peace in 4th place Times-Republican: Experience may have been North Tama’s ultimate undoing (I agree with this sentiment.)
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Mar
14
Tama County upgraded to “moderate drought”
In addition to the conditions lessening in much of the state, a good part of eastern Iowa is now just “abnormally dry.” More, plus map, at the Register’s website. If you look at the numbers, there’s a tiny tiny ray … Continue reading
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