Monthly Archives: May 2016

May 17

The REAL Photo 29,000, and Photo 30,000

Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

August 1, 2015: Welcome sign for Grafton. The cemetery, to the right, has paving stones engraved with the names of residents from a century ago. I already posted what I thought was my 29,000th picture, but then I realized I … Continue reading →

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May 16

Waukee gains the population of Forest City

Posted on Monday, May 16, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The rapid growth in Dallas County and This Is Where Your School District Went continues uninterrupted, as revealed in two news stories last week. First, a second Waukee high school will open in 2021, which sounds like a long time … Continue reading →

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May 13

Fashion over football

Posted on Friday, May 13, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 11, 2014: When Matt Campbell’s Toledo team came to play Iowa State, the Cyclones went heavy on the mustard. A moment I have dreaded since ISU’s hiring of a new football coach is here. The Cyclones finally are going … Continue reading →

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May 12

Central Iowa channels off Mediacom in Tama County

Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

This website has a long-running side project in the Annex, charting the coverage areas of TV stations in Iowa and how they change periodically. It goes back to before the digital era. Today, network channels can still be received via … Continue reading →

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May 11

North Carolina wants two more 2-digit interstates

Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Two weeks from now, the semi-annual AASHTO conference will be held in Des Moines. (I thought about trying to go but the upper-three-digit cost of admission put a stop to that.) The agenda for the numbering committee has been released, … Continue reading →

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May 10

The closest I’ve gotten to Alaska

Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 14, 2015 Alaska, Wisconsin, is an unincorporated village consisting of a post office and a couple other buildings on WI 42 near Kewaunee. Since 2009, when I crossed Delaware and Nevada off my list, Alaska and Hawaii remain the … Continue reading →

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May 09

The circus begins

Posted on Monday, May 9, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

May 8, 1986: Preschool circus at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church basement in Traer. Event #1 on family videotape #1. The church building has been expanded since then, but this is how I remember the basement, from preschool to Scout meetings. … Continue reading →

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May 06

O is for Otranto

Posted on Friday, May 6, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 29, 2015: Iowa’s Prairie Castle of Otranto. The vines certainly add a gothic touch. The school in tiny Otranto, just south of the Minnesota border, was in use for 50 years and closed in 1966, according to a reprinted … Continue reading →

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May 05

An IA 92 bypass of Oskaloosa?

Posted on Thursday, May 5, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

There is a meeting next week to “discuss the conceptual alignments” of a bypass of IA 92 around Oskaloosa. The study area encompasses a wide space, since this is literally the first step in the process. Any construction likely wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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May 04

What will happen to St. Ansgar Elementary?

Posted on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

August 4, 2015: Detailed view of the brickwork at the southeast corner of the St. Ansgar Elementary building, which started out as the town’s main school building. They don’t build them like this anymore. The St. Ansgar school district has … Continue reading →

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