Author Archives: Jeff

May 11

Petitioners want school separate from Davenport

Posted on Friday, May 11, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Davenport was the only school district in Iowa to add a high school in a nearly 40-year span. But if some petitioners have their way, WQAD reports, a significant portion of the district would be severed entirely. Blue Grass, Buffalo, … Continue reading →

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May 10

But I don’t have anywhere to put one

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

Sioux City Journal: Woman makes tables shaped like states So far, Sturgis has made maps in the shape of the United States, Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska and Wisconsin. Which states she makes depends on which states customers order. Iowa’s state shape … Continue reading →

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May 09

Cultural appropriation of the worst kind

Posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Jokes made at Huskers’ expense at I-Club event featuring Hawkeye coaches (Omaha World-Herald) Cornhusker jokes are supposed to be Cyclone fans’ turf, dangit. But on the other hand, if there is one thing Iowa and Iowa State fans can agree … Continue reading →

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May 08

Plainfield school will close

Posted on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

A crude metric for your place in the school ecosystem is as follows: If your district has been losing about 10 students every year for a decade, is it a rounding error, something to monitor carefully and attempt to remedy, … Continue reading →

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May 07

#goals

Posted on Monday, May 7, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

It’s nice work if you can get it. (I can dream, can’t I?)

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May 04

Once again, never again

Posted on Friday, May 4, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 11, 2015: US 12/20/41 run under the Chicago Skyway right at the Indiana/Illinois state line; 12/20 split a short distance later. If you think I plan to try following all of US 41 through Chicagoland, there’s going to be … Continue reading →

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May 03

Raising Cane’s coming to West Des Moines

Posted on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at 11:00 AM by Jeff

October 20, 2016: Specialty marketing for this Raising Cane’s in downtown Baton Rouge had to improvise after LSU coach Les Miles was abruptly panic-fired in a Les-Miles-fashion loss to Auburn. In my Big South Trip of fall 2016, I got … Continue reading →

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May 02

Holland school to be demolished

Posted on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

July 7, 2015: The brick and oversized window openings, if not the small playground, give away that this building in Holland was a school once. (Photo of the back, facing what clearly was a bad direction for the time of … Continue reading →

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May 01

I-74 bridge construction on schedule

Posted on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

KWQC has an update for the beginning of construction season, along with a video that shows piers up and roadbed being laid on the Iowa side. In order for more piers to be put up, the US 67 exit will … Continue reading →

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Apr 30

Important scientific discovery that deserves serious presentation

Posted on Monday, April 30, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

In case you missed it last week: Uranus smells like rotten eggs. WHO’s Jannay Towne, in attempting to report the news, did exactly what anyone else would do. A Grand Island Independent columnist did a short roundup of headlines.

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