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Dec
10
Warren County Courthouse: Everything must go
Everything not nailed down, and some things that are, at the Warren County Courthouse in Indianola will be auctioned off Dec. 14. (Link: KNIA/KRLS, but tipped off on WHO.) The 1939 courthouse will be replaced next year. Warren County is … Continue reading
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Dec
07
Dubuque Southwest Arterial update
Between this story from KWWL and a video from the city of Dubuque, we can see that the Southwest Arterial is making progress. The related project on US 20, an intersection with the new Menards frontage road and Old Highway … Continue reading
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Dec
06
Casey’s popping up in more Iowa towns
May 7, 2018: Just inside the city limits of Lone Tree is a brand new Casey’s. This photo was taken for my IA 405 page. Iowa’s homegrown gas station chain, Casey’s, is marking its 50th anniversary this year. In the … Continue reading
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Dec
05
A glutton for punishment contemplates another helping
The Iowa State women are playing at Iowa tonight, and I must decide whether to return to the Carver-Hawkeye House of Horrors. Yes, I engaged in this internal debate four years ago too. In the 11 games in Iowa City in … Continue reading
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Dec
04
The US 20 reroute that wasn’t
The 1931 Iowa highway map includes an explosion of highway numbers across the state, in what I call the First Great Commissioning. Many of the routes that died in either 1980 or 2003 trace their history to this time. But … Continue reading
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Dec
03
IA 100 ceremony coverage
I admit, I wasn’t there, but with the weather the way it was I can’t say I’m too disappointed in missing out. KCRG has a story about the IA 100 ribbon cutting and ceremonial ride/walk along the new segment. The … Continue reading
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Nov
30
Iowa State-Drake preview
Tomorrow, doe-eyed innocents will be sacrificed to the cheers of crowds wearing camo and blaze orange. It’s also the first day of deer season. I suspect a lot of hunters who are also ISU fans aren’t happy about the game … Continue reading
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Nov
29
Post-Thanksgiving work on Ames flyover bridge
The Iowa DOT is doing nighttime closures of US 30 at I-35 to place beams overhead for the new flyover ramp, Radio Iowa reports. As both IPR and an earlier blog post note, this was supposed to be done by … Continue reading
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Nov
28
Iowa State’s latest football game in Ames
Iowa State has never played football in January. (The latest, chronologically? The New Year’s Eve 2009 Insight Bowl that had a night kickoff in Tempe.) And Iowa State has never played a regular-season game in the state of Iowa in … Continue reading
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Nov
27
IA 100 ribbon cutting Saturday
2018 will get the completion of not one, but two major Iowa highway projects that were decades in the making. The completed IA 100 beltway around western Cedar Rapids will have a celebration Saturday, the Gazette reports. There will be … Continue reading
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