Monthly Archives: February 2018

Feb 28

Iowa’s westernmost Casey’s moves across the street

Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 30, 2015: The Akron Casey’s seen in the background of this picture has closed, with a new store opening on this side of IA 3. The north intersection of IA 3 and IA 12 has the new-style sign marking … Continue reading →

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Feb 27

I’ve been nowhere, man

Posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

April 26, 2017: Reconstructed Historic Dodge City, Kansas. Last week, the Washington Post found the middle of nowhere. Not surprisingly, it’s in northeast Montana. Kansans had something to say about six towns appearing on the three lists (of different population … Continue reading →

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Feb 26

Remembering six-on-six

Posted on Monday, February 26, 2018, at 10:30 AM by Jeff

July 7, 2015: Denise Long Park, Whitten, Iowa. For the 50th anniversary of the 1968 state championship game and the 25th anniversary of the end of six-on-six in Iowa, I wrote something for the Gazette looking back and also looking … Continue reading →

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Feb 23

Photo 33,000

Posted on Friday, February 23, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

In my Big South Trip, I visited three state capitols — in Jackson, Baton Rouge, and Montgomery. Louisiana’s state capitol building, a Depression-era Art Deco skyscraper, is deeply entwined with the history of one of its most colorful politicians, Huey … Continue reading →

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Feb 22

Maple Menace vanquished

Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Overnight (Iowa time), Team USA won the women’s hockey gold medal for the first time since the first time it was featured in the Olympics, in 1998. It took hockey’s overtime, a shootout, and then an extra shootout. NPR ran a … Continue reading →

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Feb 21

Last chance to see old Wyoming school building

Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Midland school district, based in Wyoming, is having a garage sale and tours of its 1914 school, which has been replaced after passage of a bond issue. According to the school’s website, the garage sale is Saturday from 9 AM … Continue reading →

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Feb 20

Traer City Council majority female

Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Also majority people I know. A short item in the Traer Star-Clipper online calls to attention a historic first: Four of the seven people on the city council are women. Sometimes all it takes is a willingness to run — … Continue reading →

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Feb 19

Monowi, Nebraska, population 1

Posted on Monday, February 19, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The BBC goes to the smallest town in America, a bit over 100 miles west of Sioux City. No town in Iowa has a population in the single digits, at least since Donnan, population 7, disincorporated in 1991.

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Feb 16

Love’s opens at Greyhound Park

Posted on Friday, February 16, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

December 14, 2004: The new truck stop is on the left side of this picture. The double-left-turn lane built on US 63 to Waterloo Greyhound Park (pictured above) became a minor tragicomic symbol of the expectations of the dog track … Continue reading →

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Feb 15

Yes, they’re really going to cram a SPUI in there

Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

I’ve looked at the entire letting document for the IA 27/58 interchange at Viking Road in Cedar Falls and I continue to marvel at the idea. The document, nearly 400 pages long, was released ahead of the official letting on … Continue reading →

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