Monthly Archives: February 2015

Feb 16

KIMT cuts weather map area in half

Posted on Monday, February 16, 2015, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

After I wrote last week about KWWL eliminating some counties on its weather map, Austin Draude e-mailed to say that KIMT has done the same thing. The reduction in the Mason City CBS affiliate’s area sometime late last year*, though, … Continue reading →

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Feb 13

IA 3’s last blocks change in Dubuque

Posted on Friday, February 13, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

April 18, 2006: This part of 9th Street in Dubuque is now two-way. Remember this story from a while back about Dubuque getting rid of some one-way streets? That happened Aug. 25. That conversion of east-west streets affected US 52 … Continue reading →

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Feb 12

What did Iowa do to you, “Agent Carter”?

Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2015, at 10:14 AM by Jeff

Previously in Marvel’s “Agent Carter,” we had a 30-second scene where Peggy Carter met Dorothy Underwood from Iowa, who came to New York City to be a professional dancer. Now we know her name isn’t Dorothy Underwood, and she isn’t … Continue reading →

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Feb 11

Hamburg agrees to Nishnabotna grade split

Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The continuing cohabitational saga of the Farragut and Hamburg school districts had a partial resolution last week, as the Hamburg school board agreed to Farragut’s proposal of having the junior high in Farragut and keeping kindergarten through sixth grades in … Continue reading →

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Feb 10

Gladbrook school in danger of closing

Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at 10:17 AM by Jeff

Gladbrook-Reinbeck is considering reducing its school facilities, and closing the K-8 building in Gladbrook is one option, reports the Waterloo Courier. The others involve rearranging grades between the two towns but all put all of a grade’s students in one … Continue reading →

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Feb 09

KWWL drops counties from weather map

Posted on Monday, February 9, 2015, at 10:22 AM by Jeff

In the first week of February, maps shown on KWWL during the weather portion of the newscast looked different. The map, which is still squashed vertically*, now only displays 21 counties. Howard, Floyd, Franklin, Jackson, and Mitchell counties are gone, … Continue reading →

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Feb 08

License Plate Letters — DBB

Posted on Sunday, February 8, 2015, at 11:33 AM by Jeff

The question has been answered: Iowa will not be skipping “D” in the first position of the alphabetical side of the new cycle of license plates.

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Feb 06

A History of Concrete Paving in Iowa

Posted on Friday, February 6, 2015, at 11:25 AM by Jeff

June 4, 2014: This concrete on old US 20 east of Cushing is from 1932. Old 20 west of Cushing to Sioux City was paved by 1924. If that headline has you clicking for more, you’ve come to the right … Continue reading →

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Feb 05

Davenport could kill east-west one-way pair

Posted on Thursday, February 5, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Third and Fourth streets in downtown Davenport are one-way streets, and the city council is looking into eliminating those, reports WQAD. This would not affect the north-south one-ways on Brady and Harrison streets carrying Business 61. Cedar Rapids has approved … Continue reading →

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Feb 04

DOT committed to interchange at 65/330

Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at 10:38 AM by Jeff

After years of public meetings and study, the US 65/IA 330/IA 117 intersection in Jasper County will be upgraded to an interchange. The interchange will be northeast of the current intersection and both the present intersection and the F17 intersection … Continue reading →

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