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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Oct
19
More about Iowa’s northern and western borders
Years ago, I wrote about my research into the back-and-forth of the 1830s and 1840s in creating the shape of the state of Iowa. I mentioned that I had never seen any proposal of a northern border of 45° from … Continue reading
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Oct
16
Two gamecast firsts for ISU-TCU
Saturday’s game will have two firsts for Iowa State, not counting the possibility of the Jack Trice Stadium scoreboards registering triple digits for the visiting Horned Frogs.* The game will start at 6 on ESPN2. Iowa State has never been … Continue reading
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Oct
15
Meeting on US 30 in Story County today
The Iowa DOT will hold a meeting with a formal presentation about upgrading US 30 between I-35 and Nevada in Ames today at 5. The plan is to close at-grade intersections, build interchanges just east of I-35 (with an all-new overpass … Continue reading
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Oct
14
Council Bluffs reaches informal agreement on transfer
West Broadway (US 6) and North 16th Street (IA 192) in Council Bluffs will cease to be part of the Iowa highway system within a year, as the city council has approved a “memorandum of understanding” to take over the roads. … Continue reading
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Oct
13
Should we really be encouraging this sort of thing?
The 2015 Burlington tourism guide features a smiling family on the cover. There’s nothing unusual about that. They’re all wearing flip-flops except the youngest, who’s wearing Crocs. That’s a warning sign, but they are at a pool with water slides, … Continue reading
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Oct
12
Iowa Public Radio interviews US 6 filmmakers
About a month ago, right before the Iowa U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association drove across the state, Iowa Public Radio interviewed the filmmakers who made a movie about the highway. David Darby, who’s behind the Iowa chapter of the US 6 group … Continue reading
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Oct
09
No, that’s not how you spell it
September 27, 2015: This window covering in downtown Davenport made me do a double-take. Let’s ask some cheerleaders what’s wrong with this. They might have a chant that can help us.
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Oct
08
Iowa’s Great River Road is broken
There are two significant closures on the Great River Road route in southeast Iowa with little or no detour signage. One is a recent development that threatens to become long-term. The road just southeast of Montrose was washed out earlier … Continue reading
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Oct
07
Ocheyedan school likely to be demolished
Residents of Ocheyedan favor tearing down its baby-boom-era school building, the Worthington Daily Globe reports. The amount of money it would take to refurbish and remodel the building is more than the building would be assessed at afterwards, the article … Continue reading
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Oct
06
Very old US 52 bridge near Dubuque closed
There are parts of an old routing of US 52 just east of its south junction with US 61/151 on the south side of Dubuque. One portion, Bellevue Heights Road, was bypassed in the 1930s and now has the E.B. … Continue reading
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