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Monthly Archives: November 2015
Nov
30
Iowa’s first diverging diamond interchange opens Tuesday
The I-80 interchange at Alice’s Road Grand Prairie Parkway between Waukee and West Des Moines is scheduled to open Dec. 1, the Des Moines Register reports. The interchange is a diverging diamond, where traffic temporarily runs on the left side … Continue reading
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Nov
26
Obsoletely fabulous
My iMac turned six years old this month. I still use it as my main machine. It runs Mac OS 10.6.8, the last release that allows use of PowerPC applications. It’s also the last version before form began running roughshod … Continue reading
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Nov
25
Hamburg would like Farragut’s land
School districts in Fremont and western Page counties, from a state map of school levy rates. The town of Riverton is where Hamburg, Farragut, and Sidney meet. In light of last week’s decision by the state to nuke the Farragut … Continue reading
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Nov
24
How Iowa State has lost football games in the 21st century
[This was slightly less painful when I started writing it Oct. 19. Slightly. Paul Rhoads was the perfect man for ISU football everywhere except the W-L ledger. -Ed.] In light of Nebraska’s pair of hilarious losses to BYU and Illinois, … Continue reading
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Nov
23
MMCRU: A quadrant unfilled
The combined Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union High School will be called… MMCRU. I thought there could have been a concession to Remsen-Union to give it the first part of the name, but overall in Iowa there’s only a handful of two-name/two-part districts where … Continue reading
Nov
22
The toughest job in college football is now open
Iowa State football coach Paul Rhoads has been fired after Saturday’s absolute debacle at Kansas State, where the Cyclones snatched defeat from the jaws of what would have been the first second victory in the Little Apple since Bill Snyder started … Continue reading
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Nov
21
Farragut is third forced dissolution in state history
The Iowa Board of Education has ordered an end to the Farragut school district after multiple years of deficit spending and facilities not in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. This is the third overall state-mandated dissolution in Iowa’s … Continue reading
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Nov
19
Division in a time for unity
It has been my opinion that while nothing can easily soothe the feelings of a community that has lost its high school, winning a state championship in a major sport goes a long way toward healing rifts. But I’ve never … Continue reading
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Nov
18
Two schools in large cities to be demolished
First, a story from the Muscatine Journal. The contents of the Jefferson school building were sold the first week of November, with demolition to follow. A replacement was built right beside the old building. Second, Walnut Grove Elementary in Council Bluffs will be … Continue reading
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Nov
17
Correctionville construction update
The Sioux City Journal reports that construction on US 20 is on track in Woodbury County. Trees have been removed in the Little Sioux River valley to make way for the new bridge that will be built next year. Traffic … Continue reading
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