Monthly Archives: May 2014

May 22

2014 paper Iowa map now available

Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2014, at 2:31 PM by Jeff

Just in time for Memorial Day, fresh maps are out for travelers, according to this press release from the DOT. (Also third item in this Quad-City Times roundup.) I have been to many of those “nooks and crannies”.

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May 21

Winter is always coming

Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at 11:45 PM by Jeff

It’s not quite worth inclusion in the List of Iowa References, but Kyle Munson writes that author George R.R. Martin spent time in Iowa: “I think a lot of the stuff in ‘A Game of Thrones,’ ” the author told Vanity … Continue reading →

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May 21

We’re Number 99!

Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at 10:18 AM by Jeff

Paul Myerberg’s preview of Iowa State’s upcoming football season is out. ISU is his sixth-worst power-conference team, and 99th out of 128 total. We’re ahead of Kansas, but his preview of the Jayhawks isn’t all that comforting: Kansas is less … Continue reading →

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May 20

IA 98 a dead highway walking

Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at 2:35 PM by Jeff

September 8, 2010 ‘The one transfer-of-jurisdiction deal in the DOT’s five-year plan that doesn’t happen this summer* is for IA 98 in Van Buren County. According to this article in the Ottumwa Courier, the short highway and $2.3 million will … Continue reading →

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May 19

Dubois?

Posted on Monday, May 19, 2014, at 4:10 PM by Jeff

An odd result in my search for school news comes from New Mexico: Petty said the board had hired Streib because he reportedly took the two previous school districts where he was superintendant in Dubois, Iowa and Sundance, Wyom., to number-one … Continue reading →

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May 19

North Tama school employee honored

Posted on Monday, May 19, 2014, at 10:03 AM by Jeff

Congratulations to Heidi Rohlfsen, co-winner of Area 267 Paraeducator of the Year.

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May 18

“New”, “improved” — and SMALLER

Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2014, at 1:00 PM by Jeff

Morrison’s Law of Supermarket Packaging: A label or container redesign is often, perhaps even usually, done to conceal a decrease in the amount of product being sold. (A blog dedicated to cataloging these changes is at mouseprint.org.) Recently, in the … Continue reading →

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May 16

IA 100 bypass under construction, on schedule

Posted on Friday, May 16, 2014, at 10:34 AM by Jeff

Take it away, Internet: But seriously, Real Soon Now is actually real soon now. There’s actual construction happening on the IA 100 bypass of western Cedar Rapids. It is scheduled to be built in two stages, Edgewood Road to Covington … Continue reading →

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May 15

IA 92 to be rerouted onto Muscatine bypass, IA 38

Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2014, at 11:26 AM by Jeff

October 13, 2006: The first signs you see after IA 92 enters the state from Illinois are going to change this summer. A city route that has been a part of the Iowa highway system for more than nine decades … Continue reading →

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May 14

Cedar Falls takes University Avenue for $20 million

Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at 11:02 AM by Jeff

November 21, 2001: The soon-to-be-former west end of unsigned IA 934, University Avenue in Cedar Falls and Waterloo. There are two big surprises in the DOT’s five-year plan, released Tuesday, and they both have to do with unloading urban arterial … Continue reading →

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