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Jan
30
PSA from the Empire Weather Service
If you’re cold, they’re cold. Bring your tauntauns inside.
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Jan
28
Mallard school will be demolished
2017 photo via Iowa Geographic Map Server The Mallard City Council doesn’t want the largest building in town. The West Bend-Mallard school district had a work session with the Mallard City Council on October 16 to discuss the fate of … Continue reading
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Jan
25
Matchstick Marvels’ latest creation — and expiration date
Pat Acton of Gladbrook has been making very large things out of matchsticks for a long time. But supplies are running out. His latest creation is a 2/3-scale 1970 Dodge Charger with working lights. It is in Gladbrook for a … Continue reading
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Jan
24
Shopko closures hit small county seats
February 9, 2012: The Bloomfield Pamida is shown shortly after the announcement that the small-scale retailer’s merger with Shopko would result in the Pamida name disappearing. The smallest stores, like this one, were rebranded Shopko Hometown. The retailpocalypse is big, … Continue reading
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Jan
23
Waukee changes elementary boundaries. Again.
The as-yet-unnamed second Waukee high school is 2½ years from opening, and before that time, school officials will have to plot out a feeder system. First, though, it has to cope with an entire district’s worth of students pouring in … Continue reading
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Jan
22
Last walk through Webster City Kmart
According to the June 18, 1981, Daily Freeman-Journal, “several hundred people” were waiting when the new K-mart opened its doors in Webster City. It was the most prominent big-box retailer to have a store in Hamilton County. Webster City already … Continue reading
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Jan
21
Ladora Bank Bistro cashes out
This century, the Ladora Savings Bank building has gone from dead to resurrected to waiting for a new inhabitant. The “jewel box” bank that was a victim of the Depression was vacant in 2004 when it caught the eye of … Continue reading
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Jan
18
The other piece of 1920s highway left in Woodbury County
The previous post talked about a bridge on Correctionville Road being the last rural remnant of very early paving on the road that became US 20 in Woodbury County. There’s one urban remnant, too, whose time is limited but we … Continue reading
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Jan
17
A piece of 1920s highway left in Woodbury County
October 9, 2018: Model T’s drove on this bridge over Big Whisky Creek in Woodbury County, right near the place Correctionville Road dips closest to present US 20. One of the last two remaining pieces of one of Iowa’s first … Continue reading
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Jan
16
How long was the term of Iowa’s shortest-serving governor?
Baby boomers in Iowa’s Class of 1969 were one of three groups of students, and the most recent, to have a political oddity: A senior year with three governors. Twice before, Iowa had had governors serving under 60 days: Warren … Continue reading
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