Category Archives: Tama County

Aug 21

‘Votes count now’

Posted on Friday, August 21, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

From the September 23, 1920, Tama Herald, unsigned but presumably from editor/publisher Charles J. Wonser: Votes count now. For many years we men have been told what would happen if women were given equal suffrage with men. Now they have … Continue reading →

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Jul 14

Tama County Fair cancelled

Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at 10:15 AM by Jeff

The Tama County Fair in Gladbrook stood a slightly better chance of not being called off, compared to other county fairs, because it is so small, pretty much 4H/FFA exclusive. But then both the softball and baseball teams at North … Continue reading →

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Jul 08

2020 Winding Stairs Festival cancelled

Posted on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at 10:05 AM by Jeff

The obvious and inevitable, again. It didn’t help that North Tama softball forfeited the rest of the season less than 36 hours earlier after “potential indirect exposure” to COVID-19. The Winding Stairs Festival Committee hearts couldn’t be more full due to … Continue reading →

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Jun 16

SPORTS

Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Iowa, the only state with the crazy notion of playing summer sports in summer, gets to be the first state with high school sports reactivated this week. Baseball and softball games started statewide yesterday, but North Tama starts this evening, … Continue reading →

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May 20

Lincoln Highway program honored

Posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 23, 2019: An interpretive panel about Henry Ostermann, a Lincoln Highway Association official who died in a car accident east of Montour, was placed in Tama County in 2019. A press release from Prairie Rivers of Iowa (linked here … Continue reading →

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May 18

Traer Star-Clipper, 1883-2020

Posted on Monday, May 18, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

December 25, 2018: The former (and most famous) home of the Traer Star-Clipper, downtown Traer. “It is with extreme modesty that we take upon us the duty of editor, for we feel that its paths are not always paths of … Continue reading →

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May 11

Traer Star-Clipper needs an editor

Posted on Monday, May 11, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Through a photo with a Gazette article about two Vinton-Shellsburg seniors who are Certified Nursing Assistants currently in New Jersey, I found out something completely unrelated: No one’s writing for the Traer Star-Clipper right now. Two years and two months ago, … Continue reading →

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May 08

King Tower sign being restored

Posted on Friday, May 8, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

November 27, 2002: The King Tower Cafe on the east edge of Tama. The Indian head sign/icon/logo outside the King Tower Cafe is being restored. The Tama-Toledo News website reports that Berleen Wobeter is finishing her work this month. You … Continue reading →

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Apr 27

Corn Carnival canned

Posted on Monday, April 27, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

June 22, 2012: The kind of thing at these kinds of things. From the Gladbrook Corn Carnival website: The Corn Carnival Corporation Board has made a tough decision based on what we believe to protect our community members, visitors, sponsors, … Continue reading →

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Mar 25

The littlest cancellation

Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The NCAA Tournament. Church services. Dine-in restaurants. Tulip Time. And two sessions of Private Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Course in Tama and Traer, the latter of which was supposed to happen tomorrow. It seems like such a silly, inconsequential thing, … Continue reading →

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