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Nov 18

Two schools in large cities to be demolished

First, a story from the Muscatine Journal. The contents of the Jefferson school building were sold the first week of November, with demolition to follow. A replacement was built right beside the old building. Second, Walnut Grove Elementary in Council Bluffs will be … Continue reading

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Nov 17

Correctionville construction update

The Sioux City Journal reports that construction on US 20 is on track in Woodbury County. Trees have been removed in the Little Sioux River valley to make way for the new bridge that will be built next year. Traffic … Continue reading

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Nov 15

I wrote about Dad and farming in the Gazette

Dad is going to stop raising cattle. Bruce Morrison has been on this farm, around animals, all his life. In 1967 he was a member of the Tama County 4-H team that represented Iowa in the livestock judging competition at … Continue reading

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Nov 13

No quarter for traitors

Iowa State men’s basketball starts the season with as high expectations as there have ever been, and tips off this afternoon in Sioux Falls … against Colorado. I think the neutral site is a fine idea, since it gives western … Continue reading

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Nov 12

Bedrock impedes Bettendorf I-74 construction

The Quad-City Times has a construction update on I-74, which is a little behind schedule from unexpectedly tough bedrock. Linked at the end of the story is a 6½-minute video from the Iowa DOT from January with a visual flyover … Continue reading

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Nov 12

Quad Cities radio station broke the Christmas seal

KMXG-FM in Davenport started its merry-making a week ago. There oughta be a law against this sort of thing.

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Nov 11

Gladbrook-Reinbeck dissolution petition advances; meeting tonight

The potential unprecedented self-immolation of an Iowa school district has taken a step forward. A petition to dissolve Gladbrook-Reinbeck has the necessary number of signatures for a referendum, most of which came from the Gladbrook area, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports. The dissolution … Continue reading

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Nov 10

Tour of abandoned Burlington high school

Story on KWQC.

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Nov 09

Gladbrook-Reinbeck, Denver back in semifinals

Just like last year, Class A District 4 has proven to be the toughest district in small-school football, with two teams in the semifinals. Gladbrook-Reinbeck and Denver will face each other Friday morning at 10 AM (which, if you have … Continue reading

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Nov 07

Another ISU-Oklahoma number to remember

Two hundred and ninety. It was 290 days after Iowa State’s last win over Oklahoma in football that Tim Berners-Lee published the first website. That is to say, the last time ISU beat OU, the World Wide Web did not … Continue reading

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