Monthly Archives: April 2015

Apr 21

Meetings seek input on Lincoln Highway legacy

Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at 10:24 AM by Jeff

September 28, 2014: Art of Youngville Station, inside Youngville Station, on the Lincoln Highway in Benton County. The Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway group is holding meetings across Iowa to get input on priorities for the future of the historic route, … Continue reading →

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Apr 20

On legacies, and not being the only one out to visit every Iowa town

Posted on Monday, April 20, 2015, at 10:16 AM by Jeff

Or: Can someone’s thunder be stolen if it isn’t raining yet? June 5, 2014: Not the only buildings in Struble, but close. Struble, pop. 78, is near the Plymouth/Sioux county line in northwestern Iowa. I’ve been chugging along in my … Continue reading →

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Apr 18

Nothing happening in Ames today

Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2015, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

Nothing at all.

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Apr 17

Central Clinton executes stealth name change

Posted on Friday, April 17, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The district in eastern Iowa that is most often called “Central Clinton,” and has a website as as “Central Community,” appears to have filed a name change with the state Department of Education last calendar year. The kinda-sorta-less-vague-yet-not-really name change to … Continue reading →

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Apr 16

Information on Council Bluffs construction for 2015

Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2015, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

Last week, the DOT held a public meeting about construction plans for this year in the Council Bluffs interstate system. We’ve already had years of construction and aren’t halfway through. Only five of the 32 planned bridges have been completed, … Continue reading →

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Apr 15

Jasper County bridge replacement prepares for six-lane I-80

Posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Preparation for an eventual upgrade of I-80 to six lanes east of Des Moines, which at the moment has no timetable, was first manifested in new bridges over the Cedar River. Now it’s time to replace bridges over the Skunk … Continue reading →

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Apr 14

School expansion, demolition in Midland district

Posted on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at 10:51 AM by Jeff

The Midland junior/senior high school in Wyoming has an awkward setup: two separate complexes across the street from each other. The 1914 building was kept by itself while an entirely new building was constructed in the mid-20th century (before the … Continue reading →

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Apr 13

AHSTW staying AHSTW after consolidation

Posted on Monday, April 13, 2015, at 10:22 AM by Jeff

A proposed consolidation of the AHST and Walnut school districts next year would result in … the AHSTW school district, the Council Bluffs Nonpareil reported last month. The new district, which would erase one of the straighter boundaries out there … Continue reading →

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Apr 12

I-41 official in Wisconsin

Posted on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at 12:05 PM by Jeff

May 13, 2010: US 41 will be removed from these signs at the Marquette interchange and on its short stretch of surface road in Milwaukee in order to run concurrent with the new Interstate 41. Another 175 miles of interstate … Continue reading →

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Apr 11

Prescott school district will cease to exist

Posted on Saturday, April 11, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The vote in is, reports the Creston News-Advertiser, and by a slim margin, the Prescott school district will be absorbed into the Creston school district. Voter turnout was in the mid-single-digit percentages. Consolidation will not be official for a while, … Continue reading →

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