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Category Archives: Tama County
Dec
26
Register project on state championships
Comprehensive county-by-county list, sortable by county and sport with school and year-by-year search. Look at how many small schools have one or two boys’ or girls’ basketball championships. The Melrose boys’ basketball 1937 title is the only one in Monroe … Continue reading
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Dec
03
“The Call”: The movie in and about Traer
Dave Rasdal of the Cedar Rapids Gazette has a column about the movie, which premieres in town tonight. It was filmed entirely on location! He also talks to residents about the history of the theater. This was made after a … Continue reading
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Nov
25
Buckingham post office: 1900-2011
Closed November 18. (Traer Star-Clipper) It’s the third in Tama County and the second in the North Tama school district to close in a year.
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Oct
27
Hello Newman. Again.
If it’s the football playoffs, it’s time for North Tama vs. Mason City Newman. This is the third year in a row, but it keeps moving earlier, from the semifinals in 2009 to the quarterfinals in 2010 to the second … Continue reading
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Aug
07
Clutier still picking up the pieces
The Clutier Fun Day Bohemian Plum Festival was Saturday, about a month after the derecho. KWWL: After that storm there were some questions if this town celebration would happen. But people here were bound and determined to clean up, go … Continue reading
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Aug
02
US 30 four-lane by Toledo opens Aug. 13
Reports the Toledo Chronicle: A ribbon-cutting planned for Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. will mark the expected completion of the U.S. 30 Expressway bypass through Toledo and Tama and extension to the west. The project, from the Expressway near the … Continue reading
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Jul
28
Post office closures: Quick hits
This is a rundown of things gleaned from the July and April lists of post offices the USPS is considering closing. (I’m assuming that since there is no overlap, the previous list is still valid.) The Iowa Back Roads and … Continue reading
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Jul
26
178 more(!) post offices put on The List
178 Iowa Post Offices Could Close (KCCI) (with alphabetical list) The only difference I can tell with this set is that it’s accompanied by a discussion about “village post offices” inside other businesses, which is a non-starter if the only … Continue reading
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Jul
21
Cleanup, additions in the school timeline
While double-checking the years of some entries, it became evident that more schools than I thought became a K-6 or K-8 while sending everyone else to one or more other districts, but not receiving any students in return. In light … Continue reading
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Jul
15
King Tower Cafe, 1937-2011
Cause of death: Progress. This is only 10 months after the US 30 bypass/bisection of Tama/Toledo opened. The King Tower was on the easternmost part of 30 that was bypassed, part of the original Lincoln Highway, near the bridge. More … Continue reading
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