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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Jun
21
NBC Sports’ blogs need a copy editor
“A sneak peak at Maryland’s new basketball uniforms?” Peak? Really? (Also note: Mismatched socks are a thing now, at least if you’re Maryland. It could be worse.)
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Jun
20
ISU, BCS loner
CBS Sports adds up the BCS finishes by conference from the past five years based on 2014 conference memberships and “Iowa State is the only [Big 12] member without a Top 25 BCS finish since 2007.” However, that status is due to Texas … Continue reading
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Jun
19
Minor page updates
Photos taken in the past year have been added to IA 38, 186, 234, 273, and 359. The US 18 page now has the plaque that stands where the old suspension bridge crossed the Mississippi River. (Somehow I never added … Continue reading
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Jun
17
Gazette articles on railroads
Informative articles from the Cedar Rapids Gazette about the importance of the railroads in Iowa’s history and the network “representing arms of urban economic imperialism of Chicago”. Iowa’s past, future converge with railroads Union Station was hub of downtown Cedar … Continue reading
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Jun
17
License plate countdown — ZKQ
I saw that one right after a ZKN with a “for sale” in the windshield. (Then why did they get the plate?)
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Jun
16
Chief Wapello is down
December 18, 2006 Thunderstorms in Wapello County knocked down the statue on the courthouse in Ottumwa. The rain came the same week that the county was declared to be in a moderate drought.
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Jun
16
Don Bosco gets its own football field
KWWL story here. That reminds me, I still have a school district directory to update…
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Jun
16
Madison County Courthouse
It’s not my best courthouse picture, but it’s a clear winter sunset in Winterset. January 10, 2012.
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Jun
16
I-74 Exit 1 now a six-ramp interchange
Two loops at 53rd Street opened Friday.
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Jun
15
US 20 construction in Sioux City
KCAU update from a week ago. I know it’s old, but there’s a video showing work on the volleyball interchange. The story is about ramps closing at I-29/US 20. Slightly more recent is this Sioux City Journal story from the 12th … Continue reading
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