Monthly Archives: May 2015

May 19

Urbana IA 150 curve will be removed

Posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at 10:14 AM by Jeff

May 20, 2003: The curve seen here heading left (north) will be removed in 2018. In the decade since IA 363’s decommissioning, the ex-state highway has only been known by its county and city names, 55th Street and Sunset Street. … Continue reading →

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May 18

Traer shaker gallery featured in Gazette

Posted on Monday, May 18, 2015, at 10:18 AM by Jeff

Traer’s Salt and Pepper Shaker Gallery was featured in Sunday’s Gazette. Read here (or better yet, if you still can find a Sunday paper, buy it 🙂 ).

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May 16

TEDx Okoboji

Posted on Saturday, May 16, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Thought Leader of Businesstown pays a visit. (You may need to see the whole set of posts to get the context, and you should. Listen to Weird Al’s “Mission Statement” at the same time to maximize synergy.)

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May 15

‘West Scott’ school district split?

Posted on Friday, May 15, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

This isn’t a horse of a different color, it’s a horse off the spectrum of visible light: Mayors of Blue Grass, Buffalo, and Walcott are interested in splitting their towns away from the Davenport school district, report the Quad-City Times and … Continue reading →

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May 14

I-74 bridge monument will be preserved

Posted on Thursday, May 14, 2015, at 10:01 AM by Jeff

The official name of the I-74 bridge is the Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge, in memory of those who served in World War I. When replacement for the 1935 and 1959 spans is built at the end of this decade, the monument … Continue reading →

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May 13

Five-year plan includes completion of four-lane US 20

Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at 10:20 AM by Jeff

June 25, 2006: This little four-lane segment in Iowa, the US 20/59 duplex at Holstein, may not be isolated for much longer. The Iowa DOT released its draft five-year plan Tuesday (PDF) (press release), and the entire segment of US … Continue reading →

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May 12

Remembering Farragut, Hamburg school buildings

Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The brick once-high-school buildings in Farragut and Hamburg, built in 1924 and 1928, respectively, will close at the end of this year, KMA Radio reports. (Intro, Farragut, Hamburg, conclusion.) The linked articles interview school officials about the inevitability, and teachers … Continue reading →

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May 11

Ottumwa has two empty school buildings

Posted on Monday, May 11, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

A story from KTVO says that one unused school building in Ottumwa (Walsh) “has run the full course of useable life” and another (Wildwood) would cost millions of dollars to renovate for non-class use. A short Internet search shows that … Continue reading →

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May 08

RAGBRAI to pass Kinnick Stadium, maybe UNI-Dome

Posted on Friday, May 8, 2015, at 10:06 AM by Jeff

Weeks after the 2015 RAGBRAI route was announced in March, the finalized route in and out of Coralville was added to the map. On the Saturday morning of the ride, bicyclists will go past “the corner of Melrose and Melrose” … Continue reading →

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May 07

Cleghorn school will close

Posted on Thursday, May 7, 2015, at 10:05 AM by Jeff

The 94-year-old school building in Cleghorn will educate students for one more month. The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn district will close the building, used for fourth through sixth grades, to save $130,000 a year, says the Sioux City Journal. The district will still … Continue reading →

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