Category Archives: Tama County

Jan 11

One hundred and one!

Posted on Friday, January 11, 2013, at 9:58 PM by Jeff

North Tama 101, CAL (Latimer) 21. The NT boys’ coach used the entire bench. CAL only had eight players on both the boys’ and girls’ teams. The North Tama boys have never reached the century mark. The 1996-97 substate team … Continue reading →

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Dec 27

Tama County upgraded to “severe drought”

Posted on Thursday, December 27, 2012, at 12:12 PM by Jeff

The U.S. Drought Monitor map for Iowa shows a batch of central counties along US 30, plus Polk, Dallas, and Guthrie, in Stage D2 (“severe”) instead of D3 (“extreme”). The Register explains why the snow helped.

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Dec 26

Half a Pizza Hut

Posted on Wednesday, December 26, 2012, at 11:14 AM by Jeff

More than a decade after losing a full-service Pizza Hut, Toledo has one again, sort of. A small standalone building west of US 63 that was originally for a Subway (that moved beside Hardee’s) and then became a Sub City … Continue reading →

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Nov 30

Tama County plane crash

Posted on Friday, November 30, 2012, at 12:21 AM by Jeff

The injured passenger, Max Morrison, is my cousin. Thoughts and prayers appreciated. Same for the family of the pilot, Bill Konicek. Multiple videos from KWWL Waterloo Courier article Des Moines Register blog post

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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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