Author Archives: Jeff

Sep 04

Sabula bridge is back

Posted on Tuesday, September 4, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

After fears the bridge across the Mississippi River at Sabula wouldn’t be open until Thanksgiving, construction on the overflow finished last week and it opened Friday (Aug. 31), the Quad-City Times reports. (Also WHBF, with a warning of autoplay video and … Continue reading →

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Aug 31

ISU-SDSU preview

Posted on Friday, August 31, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

(In lieu of playing “Sports Song” again.)

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Aug 30

Once-key Waterloo intersection being rebuilt

Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The intersection of Franklin Street and First Street just to the north of downtown Waterloo is going to have major work done on it, the Iowa DOT says in a press release. That starts the day after Labor Day and is … Continue reading →

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Aug 29

State Fair lifehack pays off

Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

How about that. I’ve never been to the Old Threshers Reunion, so I’m looking forward to it. The “lifehack” is: Bring a column of address labels to put on entry forms.

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Aug 28

Danville, Clarksville not fielding own football teams

Posted on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Danville, near Burlington, forfeited half of its football games in 2016. Last year, it did a last-minute deal to participate with West Burlington/Notre Dame (itself one of the weirder sharing setups in Iowa). Despite only having 27 players out for … Continue reading →

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Aug 27

Seven score and three wins ago

Posted on Monday, August 27, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 12, 2015: C.J. Beathard (16) runs the ball for Iowa, one play before a 48-yard pass. Iowa State was the only team in the 2015 regular season to lead Iowa in the second half. It ended with what the Gazette … Continue reading →

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Aug 24

North Tama the smallest with 11 on the field

Posted on Friday, August 24, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

High school football season starts Friday (for most of us, anyway) and while there are new districts, one thing is the same from 2016: North Tama is the smallest public school playing 11 instead of 8. The BEDS numbers (total … Continue reading →

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Aug 23

IA 346 in Nashua going from four lanes to three

Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

IA 346 in Nashua is going to get new pavement markings that turn it from a four-lane road, with two lanes in each direction, to a three-lane road, with one lane in each direction and a center turn lane, from … Continue reading →

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Aug 22

Long-idle southeast Iowa pages get new photos

Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

June 18, 2018: Old IA 79 remains labeled “DMC Hwy 79” but Des Moines County changed it to J20 — while not doing anything to Old US 34, which runs east from here. Middletown prettied up the intersection with a … Continue reading →

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Aug 21

When Thanos comes for your football team

Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The ISU booth in the Varied Industries Building had, as always, football schedule posters for fans. This is the largest version I can find online. A few things about it jumped out. It wasn’t the issue of this year’s upcoming outfits, because … Continue reading →

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