Monthly Archives: June 2015

Jun 16

Football playoffs back to 16 per class

Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at 10:24 AM by Jeff

Well, knock me over with a feather. The IHSAA is going back to 16 teams per class in the football postseason starting in 2016. There won’t be 2-7 teams in the playoffs anymore, and now the points start to matter again … Continue reading →

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Jun 15

Luther will NOT be disincorporated

Posted on Monday, June 15, 2015, at 10:06 AM by Jeff

The state City Development Board last week rejected the town of Luther’s petition to disincorporate. Right now, the meeting minutes don’t appear to be online, but there was a post about it on the town’s Facebook page with a copy of … Continue reading →

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Jun 13

Summer 2014 photos added

Posted on Saturday, June 13, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Here’s an update notice from January and thereafter that I never got around to posting: I have added at least one picture, and in most cases multiple pictures, to many highways in western Iowa from some trips last summer. New … Continue reading →

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Jun 12

World-Herald looks back at Conferencepocalypse

Posted on Friday, June 12, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Five years ago this week, Benedict Herbie backstabbed a century of tradition in a fit of pique the University of Nebraska announced its intention to join the Big Ten Conference, setting into motion an existential crisis that reverberates throughout college … Continue reading →

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Jun 11

Beautiful land. All 8,883 miles of it.

Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2015, at 10:04 AM by Jeff

June 8, 2015, 6:49 PM: The end of a journey years in the making. Between March 20, 2003, and June 8, 2015, I traveled every mile of every current state, US, and interstate highway in Iowa at least once. (Some … Continue reading →

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Jun 10

Five-year highway plan approved; US 20 completion scheduled

Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at 10:05 AM by Jeff

Iowa highway construction took a record step Tuesday when the transportation commission approved a $3.2 billion five-year plan. If federal funding stays on track, this five-year plan includes the complete expansion of US 20 to four lanes in Iowa (except … Continue reading →

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Jun 09

Remsen-Union, Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn sharing back on

Posted on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at 10:14 AM by Jeff

The Remsen-Union and Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn school districts were in talks for whole-grade sharing, but ended them over disagreement on which town would get the high school. Now, after a short period of finding out the alternatives aren’t very good, the districts … Continue reading →

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Jun 08

IA 58 will go under Viking Road

Posted on Monday, June 8, 2015, at 10:22 AM by Jeff

July 2, 2014: This Scheels store in the southeast quadrant of the IA 58/Viking Road intersection (the last quadrant developed) opened March 2, 2013. It replaced stores at both College Square and Crossroads malls and is one reason there is so … Continue reading →

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Jun 07

A horse to plague copy editors for all time

Posted on Sunday, June 7, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

I don’t think “Horse with misspelled name wins Triple Crown” was on the list of things to worry about giving copy editors and grammar Nazis such as myself fits, along with spell-check programs. But now “American Pharoah” is part of … Continue reading →

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Jun 05

Kyle Munson’s Iowa history road trip

Posted on Friday, June 5, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 16, 2012: Birthplace Cottage at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch. Like most famous Iowans, Hoover left the state before anyone recognized him. In last Sunday’s Des Moines Register, Kyle Munson picked 18 landmarks across Iowa to … Continue reading →

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