Monthly Archives: July 2012

Jul 20

Eight. Dollar. Corn.

Posted on Friday, July 20, 2012, at 9:39 AM by Jeff

Pardon me for my amazement. Just wow.

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Jul 19

RAGBRAI XL: A look back at the maps

Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2012, at 12:49 PM by Jeff

Next week will be the 40th time bicycle riders have taken off on the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. Each year’s is different, but over the decades, some segments have been visited time and time again. The official … Continue reading →

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Jul 18

Redhawks to state! Again!

Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2012, at 10:52 AM by Jeff

The North Tama baseball team beat seventh-ranked BGM for its first trip to the state tournament in a decade, and the first since the tournament moved to Des Moines. The Redhawks will be the 8 seed playing Algona Garrigan. Marshalltown … Continue reading →

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Jul 17

Off the grid

Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at 1:44 PM by Jeff

The title of the marker, “How Correctionville Got It’s Name!” is both enthusiastic and mispunctuated. It’s “its” not “it’s”. Correctionville, in Woodbury County, is named for the survey correction line that runs through the town and across the state. The … Continue reading →

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Jul 16

License Plate Countdown — ZNR

Posted on Monday, July 16, 2012, at 12:21 AM by Jeff

Also, the current range on finding the start of the Null Set (slashed zero) is somewhere between YXZ and YYJ.

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Jul 15

North Tama district baseball champions

Posted on Sunday, July 15, 2012, at 12:45 AM by Jeff

With only two hits! There is one more game (substate) before the state tournament. North Tama has never played in Sec Taylor Stadium.

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Jul 13

Reduced speed north of Spencer cuts accidents

Posted on Friday, July 13, 2012, at 10:52 AM by Jeff

The four-lane portion of US 71 between Spencer and Milford has always been a little out of place. There’s no other significant stretch of four-lane around it until I-90 to the north, more recently IA 60 to the west and, … Continue reading →

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Jul 12

Help! Help! I’m being repressed!

Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2012, at 12:47 PM by Jeff

Stewart Mandel revisits his medieval college football pecking order and…well, duh. Peasants: Arizona, Baylor, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Duke, Minnesota, Indiana, Iowa State, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Northwestern, Rutgers, Temple, USF, Wake Forest, Washington State and Vanderbilt. What’s noticeable at the … Continue reading →

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Jul 11

The Return of the Incredible Shrinking Products

Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at 11:45 AM by Jeff

The Mike & Ike box was recently cut from 6 ounces to 5 ounces — a 17% cut! I knew something was different. Whenever the package says “10% more free” or gets redesigned, look out — chances are it’s preparation … Continue reading →

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Jul 11

We’re not good, but we’re still here

Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at 2:00 AM by Jeff

Last week SBNation calculated the “greatest” sports states by historical winning records of the pro and major-college teams that played in those states. Iowa is the, um, least greatest — one-thousandth of a point behind Missouri and two-thousandths behind Illinois. … Continue reading →

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