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Jul 23

218 construction detoured through Van Horne

Posted on Monday, July 23, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

May 16, 2017: The original south end of US 218, at US 30, which has always been the Lincoln Highway here (westbound lanes). The four-lane will be shifted very slightly for the new interchange. Construction on the US 30/218 interchange … Continue reading →

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Jul 20

License Plate Letters — HDL

Posted on Friday, July 20, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

No, not a cholesterol monitor, but before the first of the month I saw that the new system of license plates is in full effect and into the H’s. According to this story from WHO at the beginning of the … Continue reading →

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Jul 19

RAGBRAI not going through Ledges

Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

I think I’ll do a strikethru on my list of RAGBRAI towns for this case: Heavy flooding in central Iowa means RAGBRAI will not be going through Ledges State Park. Instead, riders will use part of the four-lane US 30 … Continue reading →

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Jul 18

‘New’ pictures from southern Iowa

Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

April 12, 2009: A sequential intersection in Missouri, MO 5 and MO 6 at Milan. At the time, Sullivan County was the nearest one to Iowa I had not visited. About a year ago, I announced my intent to extend … Continue reading →

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Jul 17

The violence inherent in the system

Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

And now for something completely different.

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Jul 16

Ames flyover ramp has to be redone

Posted on Monday, July 16, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

An engineering miscalculation will mean much longer construction time for the flyover ramp from northbound I-35 to westbound US 30, KCCI reports. (Warning: Not only does the video autoplay, it stops when you scroll down!) The tops of the support … Continue reading →

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Jul 13

Iowa’s oldest active school building in line for replacement

Posted on Friday, July 13, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 27, 2015: This part of Bellevue Elementary has been a school for 157 years — 65% of the time since U.S. independence. Its construction in 1848 is closer to the late 17th Century than the present day. A building … Continue reading →

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Jul 12

Locust School’s place in history rapidly usurped

Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 28, 2015: Locust School, Winneshiek County. In northern Winneshiek County, closer to the Minnesota state line than Decorah, is the Locust School. It’s a one-room school historic enough to be maintained by the Winneshiek County Historical Society and get … Continue reading →

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Jul 11

Matt Campbell is Tim Cook

Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The nicest response I can think of to Iowa State’s new outfits is “furious.” Matt Campbell’s disgust for the color gold (never worn as anything other than an accent in 2017) has reached its logical end with three solid-color options … Continue reading →

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Jul 10

The last outs for CAL

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

February 19, 2001: A screencap of a video pan across the wall of CAL’s gym in Latimer. The teams depicted were Dows-CAL (the junior high when CAL and Dows were sharing, keeping Dows’ nickname of the Tigers alive), Sheffield-Chapin (sharing … Continue reading →

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