Monthly Archives: May 2012

May 17

No varsity football for South Hardin in 2012

Wow. I never would have expected it. It’s a gender-balance issue: “If the state would take a boys’ count, we’d be a medium 1-A school,” the Register quotes coach Randy Tjaden as saying. The merged ENP/HR district plays in 2-A.

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May 16

Conferencepocalypse III?

Seneca Wallace was IN! Until a few days ago, the notion of Florida State and Clemson hauling themselves over to the Big 12 was only on the level of “infinite monkeys on infinite college sports message boards.” Then, suddenly, there … Continue reading

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May 15

Rochester reroute of US 63

Since the opening of the Ottumwa and Kirksville bypasses, Waterloo has had more stoplights on US 63 than the entire route from I-90 to US 50/54 in Jefferson City combined. It was the only highway in the Waterloo area that … Continue reading

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May 14

Sabula bridge scheduled to be replaced

One of the new components in the DOT’s 2013-17 construction plan is the replacement of the US 52/IA 64 bridge at Iowa’s far eastern end in 2016. It would be the third major river bridge in Iowa to be replaced … Continue reading

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May 13

Court clears way for Preston, East Central vote

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday (QC Times), months after the initial case and after East Central started a sharing agreement with Northeast. The Preston-East Central combination, which supporters would like to call Easton Valley*, has had its viability called … Continue reading

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May 11

Border War license plate?

A Missouri representative has agreed to sponsor the process to get a University of Kansas specialty plate in the state of Missouri. Missouri is already offering one for the University of Arkansas. If the wrong bumper sticker could get your … 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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May 10

License plate countdown — ZIJ

On April 2, I said, “It’s possible a driver with an A/B/C/E plate could renew this year and bookend the series.” I have now seen it happen — an E vehicle became a Z (with different letters than the combo … Continue reading

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May 10

The Iowa State Hawkeyes

The AP’s Oklahoma City bureau needs a copy editor for this story about suspended players: Jackson had career-highs in receptions with three and 45 yards receiving against Iowa State in the Insight Bowl. Oklahoma played Iowa in last year’s Insight Bowl. … Continue reading

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May 08

Complete chronology of Iowa counties

Iowa at statehood, 1846 (Flickr) It seems like most of Iowa’s county histories are ever only organized by individual county. This provides good detail for each separately, but hurts when you are trying to think of the “big picture” of … Continue reading

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