Monthly Archives: April 2015

Apr 10

Aug. 23 set as hard start date for schools

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

After months of debate, the Iowa Legislature agreed that school should be allowed to start a full week to 10 days earlier than spelled out in current law, which is what should have been done all along. An Aug. 23 … Continue reading →

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Apr 09

Appomattox

Posted on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

July 9, 2008: Appomattox Court House, Virginia, the site of the end the Civil War, or at least the beginning of the end, as scattered Confederate armies surrendered over the next few months. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. … Continue reading →

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Apr 08

South Dakota raises interstate speed limit to 80

Posted on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Travelers with lead feet leaving western Iowa have something to celebrate: Speed limits on I-29 and I-90 in South Dakota were raised to 80 mph one week ago. That includes the space between Sioux Falls and Minnesota, where it will go … Continue reading →

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Apr 07

Historic US 20 pavement will be victim of expressway

Posted on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at 10:28 AM by Jeff

June 4, 2014: Old US 20 east of Cushing. (Same picture I used Feb. 11) After the recent passage of a 10-cent increase in Iowa’s gas tax, the DOT has fast-tracked more work on US 20 to make it four lanes … Continue reading →

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Apr 06

Traer getting new sidewalk curbs on US 63

Posted on Monday, April 6, 2015, at 10:11 AM by Jeff

Oops, I sat on this so long it hatched! Months ago, while perusing the Iowa DOT’s document archive, I came across a project in Traer that had not been done yet. The contracting date was last September, and work has … Continue reading →

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Apr 04

License Plate Letters — DGP

Posted on Saturday, April 4, 2015, at 10:23 AM by Jeff

Not to be confused with DGB, the recent sad football flameout at Missouri (now Oklahoma). A first-generation (1997) Appanoose County plate was spotted in the wild recently, having now evaded two replacement cycles.

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Apr 02

Murph ‘n’ Andy interview a Cherokee County broadcaster*

Posted on Thursday, April 2, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

*April Fool. Very, very April Fool. If you’ve never heard of Zip Rizzo, voice of Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn-Leghorn athletics, start probably about 15-20 minutes into the first hour of yesterday’s Murph & Andy Show on KXNO-AM. At least the radio guy who … Continue reading →

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Apr 01

The joke’s on me

Posted on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, at 10:43 AM by Jeff

“Congratulations on your upcoming retirement! You have successfully elected to begin your retirement on April 1, 2015.” Of course, I’m not retiring at all. That’s the first paragraph in a packet to release and roll over my paltry pension from … Continue reading →

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