Author Archives: Jeff

Mar 14

The west end of US 18 that officially wasn’t

Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 17, 2007: Westbound US 18 at US 75 in Sioux County. There are some ag-related businesses here, half a mile east of the unincorporated village of Perkins (which consists of a few houses and a salvage yard). I have … Continue reading →

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Mar 13

Significant part of country already ‘ahead of time’

Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

July 15, 2013: The westernmost highway entry into the Eastern Time Zone, MI 28 in the Upper Peninsula, is farther west than a lot of Illinois. Longitudinally, it’s roughly on par with Sterling, less than 30 miles from Clinton. It’s … Continue reading →

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Mar 12

Hancock photos sprinkled across pages

Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

I raided Jason Hancock’s Flickr galleries (with his permission) to see if there were any gems that could augment these pages. They were taken at various points in the past decade, but they’re new here. At least one new photo, … Continue reading →

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Mar 11

License Plate Letters — HUG

Posted on Monday, March 11, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

July 7, 2008: The US 52 bridge in Point Pleasant, Ohio, is the Grant Memorial Bridge, named for its most famous son. US 52 hugs the north bank of the Ohio River from Cincinnati to Huntington. Grant also lived in … Continue reading →

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Mar 08

Four, count ’em four, visits to Dows

Posted on Friday, March 8, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 11, 2014: Eight years after starting its partnership with CAL, Dows started sending students to Clarion-Goldfield, one of the few times a school switched sharing arrangements before eventual consolidation. (TLDR: I added a bunch of photos to the IA 72 … Continue reading →

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Mar 06

Springville interchange proposal moves forward

Posted on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Security State Bank probably thought it had a swell deal with a high-visibility spot on four-lane US 151 at the new main entrance to Springville. A building opened in the northwest corner of the intersection with County Road X20 in … Continue reading →

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Mar 05

Dateline Buckingham

Posted on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

!!! Politico: A native Californian learns that Iowa is as nice as it’s cracked up to be. BUCKINGHAM, Iowa — Janet and Mike Shock reclined in loungers while trying to write the first sentence of this story. Janet offered a … Continue reading →

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Mar 04

Private schools dominate 1A basketball field

Posted on Monday, March 4, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

For the second time this century, more than half of the teams in a Class 1A state tournament will be private schools. The bracket for the boys’ basketball tournament starting today has Algona Garrigan, Grand View Christian, Council Bluffs St. … Continue reading →

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Mar 01

Daily Iowegian becomes slightly less daily

Posted on Friday, March 1, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Mondays are cancelled in Centerville. The oldest business in Appanoose County, the Daily Iowegian newspaper, will no longer print a Monday edition after next week’s. In a column/letter to readers, the editor and publisher write: The choice was necessary in … Continue reading →

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Feb 28

IA 406 and Burlington’s ‘Seedling Mile’

Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

When you look at IA 406 before its death in the Second Great Decommissioning, it’s hard to make an argument for its existence. It was never a spur to West Burlington — in fact, it’s a bypass of the oldest part … Continue reading →

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