Category Archives: Tama County

Oct 30

Dateline check

Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, at 1:03 PM by Jeff

KCRG has the lead wrong but the writeup right: TAMA, Iowa – Jacob Wrage completed 13 of 19 passes for 240 yards and four touchdowns as the Redhawks moved on to the A quarterfinals with a win at Traer. (Mostly unrelated … Continue reading →

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Oct 25

A marker, of sorts, in the 2012 campaign

Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2012, at 10:49 PM by Jeff

Tonight I saw the first political TV ads related to a state-level race. Both were for the state Senate district that includes Marshall and Tama counties. Both were negative. The move is an interesting one. Depending on how you look … Continue reading →

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Oct 25

Coverage of NT’s playoff victory

Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2012, at 9:37 PM by Jeff

From KWWL and the Times-Republican. North Tama is now 3-0 all-time against Turkey Valley, the other two wins coming in the late ’90s.

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Oct 21

High school football playoff brackets

Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2012, at 10:07 AM by Jeff

The Class A bracket (PDF) only has four teams with losing records! North Tama gets one of them, 4-5 Turkey Valley. Other classes are on the main IHSAA football page.

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Oct 20

Last day for Toledo Pamida

Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2012, at 1:55 PM by Jeff

Another Iowa/Midwest business name bites the dust with the conversion of Pamida stores to Shopkos. The Toledo store, one of two retail stores in Tama County, closes today for a week for the conversion to begin. (Toledo Chronicle) Note that the exterior … Continue reading →

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Oct 05

Class distinction

Posted on Friday, October 5, 2012, at 1:56 PM by Jeff

When the IGHSAU said it was creating five classes and using “5A” as the top designation instead of adding “A” for the smallest, I thought there might be the potential of a school designated A for football but 2A for … Continue reading →

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Sep 29

NT remains undefeated against GR

Posted on Saturday, September 29, 2012, at 12:22 AM by Jeff

That is all. So it’s only 11 games in 25 years. Still counts!

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Sep 22

Toledo intersection stoplight pattern debated

Posted on Saturday, September 22, 2012, at 11:27 AM by Jeff

Sept. 21, 2007: This mileage sign was at the 1954-2010 intersection of US 63 and US 30 in Toledo. The stoplight assembly that’s the subject of this post is on the left. When the stoplight at US 30/63 was set up … Continue reading →

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Sep 19

Dysart cemetery vandalized

Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012, at 10:23 AM by Jeff

Ugh. (From KCRG, which about a month ago introduced a revised front page with “Top 9” stories)

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Sep 06

Matchstick museum reaches “name-drop” status

Posted on Thursday, September 6, 2012, at 9:07 AM by Jeff

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-MN, talked to Iowa Democrats at the convention in Charlotte, NC. Here’s how she familiarized herself, according to Politico: “You have Albert, the world’s largest bull, we have the world’s largest ball of twine. You carve … Continue reading →

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