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Monthly Archives: May 2014
May
13
Manilla will lose school but keep part of building
There are a couple of articles in the Carroll Daily Times Herald about the IKM-Manning district’s discussions over the past year. I think there’s a little bit of time-stamp garbling as they are dated three months ago but show up … Continue reading
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May
12
Garner-Hayfield, Ventura closer to merging
Story via AP/KCRG. There will be a vote in September, so there’s not much else to report on this at the moment.
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May
11
License Plate Letters — CKC
But not the CKC of the Chicago-Kansas City expressway.
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May
09
A township that needs to be put out of its misery, but probably can’t
This corner is all that’s left of Bloomfield Township in Polk County (2013 map). Polk County’s Bloomfield Township has been gradually shrinking since it was created. In 1875, the township had boundaries of the Raccoon River, the section line that … Continue reading
May
08
Old Army Post Road bridge demolition
When New Army Post Road (very temporarily IA 5) was built south and west of the Des Moines airport, it left behind the street running west from 42nd Street (the old intersection of IA 5/28). The road is still paved, … Continue reading
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May
08
Scott Siepker, call your office
Omaha World Herald: “Nebraska Nice” is Nebraska’s new tourism brand Turns out Siepker had the same reaction I did: “This means war.” Related: “The Good Life” will stay on Nebraska highway signs
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May
07
Beltway interstate more than changing signs
Do I need to explain this again, Greater Des Moines Partnership? I wrote a blog post on the Des Moines beltway back in September 2012, too. Talking with DC officials about making it an interstate is less important than getting … Continue reading
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May
06
Informational meeting on US 20 plans
The U.S. 20 Corridor Association met in Sac City (which is no longer directly on US 20), and the Fort Dodge Messenger has a report. The immediate next step in upgrading 20 to four lanes will be between Moville and … Continue reading
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May
05
I-74 project timeline presented
The Iowa DOT’s PIM site has put online the giant posters that were at an informational meeting last week. The file is a VERY large PDF. Everything through 2020 is laid out, but that includes nothing north of Middle Road … Continue reading
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May
04
Exira school building fire today
This school fire is a good one — Exira is planning a controlled burn of its original brick building. The AP article about it notes that it was closed not just because of declining enrollment, but because “The structure was … Continue reading
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