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Author Archives: Jeff
May
20
Boyson Road bridge flip today (maybe)
The reconstruction of the Boyson Road exit on I-380 takes another step today. Part of the new bridge for the diverging diamond interchange has been built. Today and tomorrow — maybe — traffic will be switched to this bridge so … Continue reading
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May
13
Circumnavigation report Day 6
The entire corner of southwest Iowa was explored in one day in 2015, with enough time to catch a football game.
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May
08
Circumnavigation detour: State lines
In my circumnavigation report I split off a story dedicated to oddities in Iowa’s state borders. Did I put “Day 5 1/2” on here? If not, despite being 11 months old, it’s new to you!
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May
06
Multiple IA 14 detours in Grundy County
It’s going to be hard to get from US 20 to US 30 in Grundy and Marshall counties this spring — and more is on the way. As of Monday, the highway has a major closure between IA 175 and … Continue reading
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May
02
Who wants chili and cinnamon rolls?
Iowa schoolkids, and former schoolkids, want chili and cinnamon rolls. I even looked up old lunch menus for a story about this Marion Historical Society fundraiser.
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Apr
30
An unusual problem in the news business
There are times when newspapers aren’t delivered because of a blizzard, but at least we know where they are? I admit loving that the description on Seymour Herald’s Facebook page is “A weekly OFFICIAL WAYNE COUNTY NEWSPAPER, with hometown local … Continue reading
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Apr
28
Really delayed spring cleaning
OK, so some of the info from this month-old post is outdated, but the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative additions list is important, and it’s another picture from Pi Day in Springville. (Me? A procrastinating mess? Never.)
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Apr
21
Swan to disincorporate
September 30, 2014: Swan, in far northwest Marion County, was bypassed by the state highway system when what today is IA 5 was realigned in 1928. The IA 316 bridge over the Des Moines River at Runnells was decades in … Continue reading
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Apr
14
Pi Day, delayed
Pie is always in season, not just March 14! Pi Day in Springville is a local holiday.
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Apr
14
Colona-oscopy
In Sunday’s print Des Moines Register, on the “Around the State” page, there was this curious item: In a page that is about stories from the state of Iowa, the Register ran a brief from a city in ILLINOIS — … Continue reading
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