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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Nov
08
ISU-Kansas not on basic cable in CR (Update: KFXA)
Today’s Iowa State-Kansas game is on Fox Sports North and Midwest. It’s been a year since ISU had a football game there, but Mediacom in Des Moines had two different Fox Sports regional channels (Midwest and North/Plus), so everything should … Continue reading
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Nov
07
More on the IA 926 transfer
A couple of the questions posed in Monday’s post about transferring IA 926 (Business US 169) to the city of Fort Dodge have been answered after the Transportation Commission’s meeting Tuesday. First, the bridges aren’t going away, so to speak. … Continue reading
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Nov
06
Lane shift on I-80 in Council Bluffs Friday
The Council Bluffs interstate project continues its slow progress. Another piece happens tomorrow with a lane shift on I-29/80 west of the IA 192 exit. I saw the concrete nearly ready on my trip last month, and a sign assembly … Continue reading
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Nov
05
Iowa elects a woman to Congress
All it took was the first open U.S. Senate seat in Iowa since 1968 and a 37-second video. Joni Ernst will be Iowa’s first female Senator and first woman elected to Congress from a continually shrinking Iowa delegation. (In 1968, when Harold … Continue reading
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Nov
04
It is not the most wonderful time of the year yet
KWQC reports that FM 96.1 in the Quad Cities will be going full-on Christmas music at midnight. Don’t you dare, 104.1 and 104.5. This is a timed post.
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Nov
04
Don Bosco’s pointsplosions
Don Bosco of Gilbertville, which started its football program in 2004, has outscored its last three opponents 232-26 in its quest for a repeat 8-player championship. Turkey Valley, 66-0, last night (its second 66-0 score of the year); Twin Cedars, … Continue reading
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Nov
03
Northeast Hamilton losing its high school
The Northeast Hamilton school district has been the westernmost in my school directions booklet* since it and North Tama were put into the same football district in 2002-03. Next time, I’m going to have to remove it. In May, Northeast … Continue reading
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