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Jan 22

ISU in two of top 10 college football games of 2017

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

Every year, Bill Connelly of SB Nation ranks the top 100 college football games of the season. This year, two Iowa State losses, and one huge win, made their way on the list, at #84 (Oklahoma State), #8 (Oklahoma), and … Continue reading →

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Jan 19

Combination Bridge now spans less than half of Iowa’s statehood

Posted on Friday, January 19, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

While working on revisions to my Sioux City Highway Chronology page — for some reason I never uploaded new entries and a new 1972 map when I finished it; they’re there now — I got to thinking about the era … Continue reading →

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Jan 18

Disharmony with Harmony-Van Buren merger

Posted on Thursday, January 18, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Some residents of the Harmony school district don’t want to be a part of a consolidation with Van Buren, according to this article from the Burlington Hawk Eye. In November, the AEA denied all requests to shift land from one district … Continue reading →

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Jan 17

Ankeny builds a county seat in a year

Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

It’s a three-paragraph, 30-second story from WHO, but it tells so much. According to the story, based on numbers from the city, Ankeny built 567 new single-family homes and 539 other residences in 2017. That makes for 1106 housing units … Continue reading →

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Jan 16

Seymour tornado recovery moving steadily

Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Seymour students displaced by a March tornado that severely damaged the school may be back in the school building in a few weeks, Iowa Public Radio reported at the beginning of the month. Elementary students are already back, which is … Continue reading →

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Jan 15

Crossroads Sears doomed

Posted on Monday, January 15, 2018, at 10:20 AM by Jeff

Another original anchor of Crossroads Mall in Waterloo is biting the dust. This time it’s Sears, reported earlier this month (Courier, KWWL, KCRG), following J.C. Penney in 2015. Crossroads has been able to replace the Penney’s with an At Home, … Continue reading →

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Jan 12

Original Dunkerton school to be replaced

Posted on Friday, January 12, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

May 14, 2010: The Dunkerton school was a short distance from anything in town when it was built in 1921, but development has moved southward since. Photo slightly out of focus from old camera. The oldest part of the Dunkerton … Continue reading →

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Jan 11

4-H Schoolhouse Museum moves

Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 11, 2014: “Birthplace of the 4-H Club Emblem” marker at the schoolhouse museum in Clarion. More than a century after the 4-H Emblem was born in Wright County, Iowa, the museum celebrating it has been moved — but not too … Continue reading →

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Jan 10

HMS will close Hartley Elementary

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

After three bond referendums failed — two making a majority but missing a supermajority by a handful of votes — the HMS school district intends to close the district’s oldest building in 2019, KIWA Radio reports. That would be Hartley … Continue reading →

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Jan 09

It’s the state of Iowa’s fault, again

Posted on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

If Iowa State hadn’t beaten Oklahoma, the Sooners would have gone undefeated. The College Football Playoff semifinals would have been (1) Oklahoma vs. (4) Alabama and (2) Clemson vs. (3) Georgia. We might not have avoided an all-SEC final, but … Continue reading →

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