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Author Archives: Jeff
Aug
08
‘God bless Harry Truman’
Two related, but discrete, items from the past week show us the significance of the loss of the Greatest Generation. First, from Pew Research: Reflecting on the United States’ actions, 35% of Americans today say using the atomic bomb on … Continue reading
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Aug
06
Update on historic Toledo, CR school buildings
Orient-Macksburg is dead-but-not-dead. We know that. But did you know that a campaign to save Harrison Elementary School in Cedar Rapids more or less succeeded? Also, Toledo’s historic school is being replaced by a site at the Iowa Juvenile Home.
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Aug
04
Tractorcade coverage from Washington, Iowa
The Great Eastern Iowa Tractorcade switched sponsors from WMT to KXEL this year, partially because one of the main coordinators switched jobs. The 26th edition of this ride was in June, and for 2025 they started in Mount Pleasant and … Continue reading
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Aug
01
KCRG graphics package shifts
As of the 4 PM newscast on Wednesday, KCRG has wholly (or 95%?) adopted the graphics package used by all the other Gray Media TV stations. Two words: CALLED IT. It’s also dropped having a ticker at the bottom in … Continue reading
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Jul
30
License Plate Letters — PWZ
Here we are, getting close to the end of the P’s. Now, there are some cars I’ve seen recently with letters that are pretty close to the beginning of the alphabet that should have been replaced by this point, but … Continue reading
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Jul
28
More stories on upcoming Black Hawk Bridge closure
There’s still no firm date for the closure of the Black Hawk Bridge over the Mississippi River in Lansing, but we have another clue. The PBS Wisconsin show “Here & Now” has a 4-minute story about the closure and says … Continue reading
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Jul
24
Dyersville, Shoeless Joe, and Pete Rose
(Well, it’s state tournament week, so that’s the hook. — Ed.) On May 14, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced a change that would allow Pete Rose and the Black Sox (but yeah, it’s all about Pete Rose) to enter the … Continue reading
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Jul
22
Analysis of RAGBRAI LII route
Between my vacation to the Lincoln Highway convention and trips home and the usual severe depression, I’ve been lax in posting links to my Substack stories, so they’re going to be a bit dated. But if you haven’t read them, … Continue reading
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Jul
17
Turn, turn, turn
May 30, 2003: The standard right-turn lane to Atkins is no longer sufficient for traffic needs. From the category of “construction projects that should have happened a decade ago but didn’t,” there are two little ones that could provide big … Continue reading
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Jul
11
Entire Boyson Road interchange to close for 20 days
KCRG reports that Boyson Road at I-380 will be closed for weeks starting Monday. There does not appear to be a corresponding press release on the Iowa DOT’s site. KCRG says it’s for “20 working days” so that’ll be four weeks. … Continue reading
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