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Jan
08
20th anniversary of Iowa Highways Page
The Iowa Highways Page is 20 years old today. I stumbled on it about two years after Jason Hancock set it up. Since then, he and I have done lots of coordination and research to make our sites complementary and … Continue reading
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Jan
05
Correction on the (perceived) misalignment of IA 395
On state maps starting with the 1976 redesign, it looks like IA 395 runs as an east-west route. Because it was turned over in 1983, there was no readily available information on whether that was the case. Now, with more … Continue reading
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Jan
04
Original Riverside (Oakland) school complex sold
After a delayed opening of an all-new Riverside school complex on the outskirts of Oakland (the south US 6/59 junction), the property in the city was left empty. At the end of December, the Council Bluffs Nonpareil reported that the school … Continue reading
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Jan
03
Population projection: Utah has babies and Iowa doesn’t
September 28, 2015: Clayton, Iowa, along the Mississippi River, has no children living in city limits, according to census numbers — adding the atmosphere of a micro-version of “Children of Men” to this photo of a playground there. Buck Grove, near … Continue reading
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Jan
02
Waterville Elementary to be closed
The Allamakee district voted unanimously to close Waterville Elementary at its board meeting in December, reports the Waukon Standard. A crowd at the meeting hoping to save the school left in sadness. As soon as the notice of “consideration” was … Continue reading
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Jan
01
The Cold Civil War
The year in light reading (except the bottom, still to be read). I wrote something. It ran in the Gazette on New Year’s Eve. In a sense, it’s the seedier side to my year of travel. Reading about the gulfs … Continue reading
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Dec
31
Three days, five candidates, five counties, ten years later – 3
December 31, 2007: Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) and his mother make a campaign stop at the Ames Public Library (Story County). Catherine Biden died three years later. New Year’s Eve 2007 — four days before the caucuses — was just as full … Continue reading
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Dec
30
Three days, five candidates, five counties, ten years later – 2
December 30, 2007: Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Tom Vilsack at the Traer Memorial Building. It’s weird to attend a political event when people you know are in the audience. After Christmas, Hillary Clinton was in a flat-out sprint toward Jan. … Continue reading
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Dec
29
Three days, five candidates, five counties, ten years later – 1
It is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be … Continue reading
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Dec
28
12 months, 29 states
When I started my Big South Trip October 18, 2016, I didn’t have plans in mind beyond that. The following 12 months — to the day — would have me hitting the road far beyond Iowa multiple times. By the … Continue reading
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