Monthly Archives: February 2014

Feb 18

Geneseo featured in article about abandoned schools

Posted on Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at 2:06 PM by Jeff

Sept. 23, 2011: The abandoned Geneseo Township school building east of Buckingham, like many pre-WWII schools in Iowa, had an addition built later. The addition area was used for apartments for a time. In my travels across Iowa, I have … Continue reading →

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Feb 16

NT girls win first game of postseason

Posted on Sunday, February 16, 2014, at 1:16 AM by Jeff

Woo! After beating Glabrook-Reinbeck for the second time in two weeks, the Redhawks will play South Hardin at Eldora Tuesday night —  for the second time in just over a week. NT lost the previous matchup. Because of the girls’ … Continue reading →

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Feb 15

Google Maps’ birds-eye view of Sioux City construction

Posted on Saturday, February 15, 2014, at 12:27 PM by Jeff

Here’s something neat to see: If you zoom in on the I-29/US 77 interchange in Sioux City, and select the 45-degree view angle, you get a picture of construction in the area last year. The main bridge and the southbound … Continue reading →

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Feb 14

Alta-Aurelia switches school calendar to hours

Posted on Friday, February 14, 2014, at 1:16 PM by Jeff

At this point, it will be more newsworthy when a school district decides to measure the next school year in days, but here’s another data point from the Cherokee Chronicle Times. On a related note, Cedar Rapids’ school year won’t … Continue reading →

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Feb 12

The almost-end of stamped Iowa license plates

Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at 5:47 PM by Jeff

It’s now mid-February, so the last stragglers holding on to their 1998-2003 plates have had to give them up. New letters are now up to CBE. With the replacement cycle, Iowa currently doesn’t have any active combinations from that sequence … Continue reading →

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Feb 10

Benton County opposes J-turn at 30/218 intersection

Posted on Monday, February 10, 2014, at 2:08 PM by Jeff

As of August, the DOT had narrowed the options for what to do with the US 30/218 intersection (where the four-lane currently ends) to two: A double-parclo interchange, with ramps in the northwest and southeast corners of the intersection, or … Continue reading →

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Feb 09

New St. Louis bridge opens today

Posted on Sunday, February 9, 2014, at 12:00 PM by Jeff

June 9, 2011: Multi-number interstate shields in downtown St. Louis may be on their way out with I-70’s realignment. Many exit numbers, including those in the background, will be changing. The I-70 Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge opens across the … Continue reading →

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Feb 07

Emerald ash borer found in Black Hawk County

Posted on Friday, February 7, 2014, at 11:02 AM by Jeff

No, this isn’t about highways or schools, but it is about Iowa, and in this case, something close to Tama County. The sighting in Waterloo is the fourth in a county not bordering the Mississippi River. Hug your ash trees, … Continue reading →

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Feb 06

“Photo of the Week” didn’t last long

Posted on Thursday, February 6, 2014, at 2:47 PM by Jeff

It appears the Iowa DOT only got through 14 weeks of its centennial “Photo of the Week” series. The fact I’m only realizing this now may be a factor in why it stopped being updated. I’ve removed it from the blogroll … Continue reading →

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Feb 06

Undefeated to unranked in four weeks

Posted on Thursday, February 6, 2014, at 12:02 AM by Jeff

The ISU women lost to TCU for the second time since the Horned Frogs joined the conference. With the earlier loss to West Virginia at home, again, the newcomers will have no worse than a .500 all-time conference record against … Continue reading →

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