Category Archives: Tama County

Jun 05

Primary Day

This is the first election with the new state Legislature and U.S. House districts. It’s the first election ever where Tama County is in U.S. House District 1. There’s something for both political parties in Tama County in this election. … Continue reading

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May 22

North Tama girls stay in Class 1-A

The North Tama school district is tied for fifth-highest enrollment in grades 9-11 in the new class structure laid out by the IGHSAU effective with softball season. This is a good thing, because it means less competition against larger schools. … Continue reading

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May 11

Post offices saved, but too late for Buckingham

A day late and a dollar 45-cent stamp short, I know. Kyle Munson has been on it. This is the list of reduced hours. (PDF, organized by ZIP code and state abbreviaion) It includes a lot of those places that … Continue reading

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Mar 01

More basketball articles

A day late and a dollar short, but these popped up after my roundup Monday. State Spotlight: Tournament a grand thing for North Tama’s Kladivo (Des Moines Register) — This ran Tuesday alongside the story of the loss. It’s also … Continue reading

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Feb 28

North Mahaska 47, North Tama 35

The North Tama girls on the state’s biggest stage Turnovers and cold fourth-quarter shooting ended the best season in North Tama girls’ basketball history Monday with a 47-35 loss to North Mahaska. The Redhawks finished 21-5, and this was the … Continue reading

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Feb 27

NT girls play at state today

The North Tama girls’ basketball team plays North Mahaska in the first game of the evening session and last in the 1A quarterfinals. NT is an unranked 8-seed (21-4) and NM is undefeated (25-0). The Des Moines Register notes this … Continue reading

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Feb 20

NT girls are going to state!

For the first time ever, boys or girls, the North Tama Redhawks are in the state basketball tournament! The girls’ team beat Woodward-Granger in Le Grand 60-57. Clutier went six times in the 1940s, including a championship in 1942. There … Continue reading

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Jan 17

New football districts

North Tama has never lost to Gladbrook-Reinbeck in football — but the neighboring schools haven’t played each other in a decade. That’s about to change as part of the old North Iowa Cedar League is reunited in the new Class … Continue reading

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Jan 16

Rick Santorum* visits the Tama County Fair

OK, not really. (Note: From Hulu. May not work in Firefox.) “At the Tama County Fair, I sampled a local dessert specialty: a 3-pound stick of butter coated with Crisco, then deep-fried, dipped into a mixture of olive oil and … Continue reading

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Jan 10

So long, Pamida

This is a few days old, but it appears the Pamida brand will be going away. There are Pamida stores in Toledo and Eldora. Guess I should’ve taken a picture one of those many times I was cataloging changes on … Continue reading

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