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Author Archives: Jeff
May
26
M is for Moneta
July 21, 2012: The school is one of the very few buildings left in Moneta, barely on the west side of the O’Brien/Clay county line. The tiny Moneta school district was caught in a tug of war between Hartley and Everly … Continue reading
May
25
Bridge timeline extended by a decade
About eight years ago, I added an “Iowa border bridge timeline” into the Annex section. It has a bar chart of Iowa’s bridges across the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. At the time, I stopped the lines in 2010, knowing the … Continue reading
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May
24
Corwith school building gone
June 19, 2015: The back of the Corwith school building. The Des Moines Register was there last week to cover the demise of the century-old school building in Corwith. The district dissolved at the end of last school year. Nearly … Continue reading
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May
23
What’s going on with Collins-Maxwell?
April 17, 2016: The present Collins-Maxwell Elementary in Collins was built in the 1990s. Although Collins-Maxwell and Baxter have shared sports for nearly three decades now, they have never done any integration beyond that. Now, attempts at talking about whole-grade … Continue reading
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May
20
Visiting every town: Where am I now?
September 17, 2014: One of my favorite Iowa town slogans is in Taylor County. At the beginning of 2015, I made a resolution to visit every incorporated place in Iowa. I already had a list and was chipping away at … Continue reading
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May
19
N is for Numa
September 13, 2011: The Numa school is now an archery business, a successful repurposing of a school building. Numa. Clutier. Steamboat Rock. Wiota. In the 1940s, these map dots that don’t have their own schools anymore, along with Numa’s neighbor … Continue reading
May
18
Sooner or never
I got ahead of the game this time and updated my in-depth study of the Iowa State-Oklahoma football series in the off-season. One thing I discovered while adjusting the numbers: In the Bob Stoops era, Iowa State has been tied … Continue reading
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May
17
The REAL Photo 29,000, and Photo 30,000
August 1, 2015: Welcome sign for Grafton. The cemetery, to the right, has paving stones engraved with the names of residents from a century ago. I already posted what I thought was my 29,000th picture, but then I realized I … Continue reading
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May
16
Waukee gains the population of Forest City
The rapid growth in Dallas County and This Is Where Your School District Went continues uninterrupted, as revealed in two news stories last week. First, a second Waukee high school will open in 2021, which sounds like a long time … Continue reading
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May
13
Fashion over football
October 11, 2014: When Matt Campbell’s Toledo team came to play Iowa State, the Cyclones went heavy on the mustard. A moment I have dreaded since ISU’s hiring of a new football coach is here. The Cyclones finally are going … Continue reading
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