Author Archives: Jeff

Nov 02

Iowa State-Kansas preview

Posted on Friday, November 2, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Good news! Iowa State isn’t at risk of being Kansas’ first conference win since the Jayhawks beat Texas for the first time ever.

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Nov 01

I-380 construction at least a decade away

Posted on Thursday, November 1, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The final meeting of the preliminary studies for expanding I-380 to six lanes between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids was last month. Unfortunately, construction is a long ways off. This was just identifying needs and possibilities. First, nothing will happen … Continue reading →

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Oct 31

Evil has come to Fort Dodge

Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 20, 2018: …but when the roadgeek turned around from this view on 2nd Avenue South in Fort Dodge, the street had vanished! It was a ghost sign, disembodied from the route it once served! While doing an online scouting … Continue reading →

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Oct 30

IA 38 exit proposals and the ULTIMATE LANE

Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 16, 2012: Until the Avenue of the Saints was designated IA 27, IA 38 was the only state highway to have a portion duplexed with an interstate highway — and get a rest area to boot. The Iowa DOT … Continue reading →

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Oct 29

One stop short, one step short

Posted on Monday, October 29, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Mason City, Iowa, October 26 — Well, [expletive deleted]. For dispassionate coverage of North Tama’s lost 21-0 lead redeemed by a straight-outta-seventh-grade I-formation under-center ground-and-pound touchdown drive, only to be countered by a Mason City Newman two-minute-drill that included a … Continue reading →

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Oct 26

Iowa State-Texas Tech preview

Posted on Friday, October 26, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff
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Oct 25

NT playing near, far in postseason

Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2018, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

It’s less than a week before Halloween and both the North Tama volleyball and football teams are still playing. Tonight, the volleyball team, #5 in the state, plays at home against next-door neighbor #11 Gladbrook-Reinbeck. The winner plays Tuesday in … Continue reading →

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Oct 24

US 65/IA 330 interchange has opened

Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Last week was very eventful for the Iowa highway system. In addition to US 20 opening to four lanes, the long-desired, super controversial interchange along the Marshalltown diagonal opened. That’s a reference to an exit that incorporates US 65, IA … Continue reading →

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Oct 23

William Kvidera is coming home

Posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

More than 75 years after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, drawing the United States into World War II, a Tama County sailor will be recognized and remembered. William Lester Kvidera died after the USS Oklahoma capsized. He was buried in … Continue reading →

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Oct 22

US 20 finally open to four lanes across Iowa

Posted on Monday, October 22, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 19, 2018: Acting Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg (center) holds the ribbon to mark the completion of four-lane US 20 along with a host of government officials and members of the US 20 Corridor Association. Holstein, Iowa, October 19 — … Continue reading →

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