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Author Archives: Jeff
Oct
12
Iowa Public Radio interviews US 6 filmmakers
About a month ago, right before the Iowa U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association drove across the state, Iowa Public Radio interviewed the filmmakers who made a movie about the highway. David Darby, who’s behind the Iowa chapter of the US 6 group … Continue reading
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Oct
09
No, that’s not how you spell it
September 27, 2015: This window covering in downtown Davenport made me do a double-take. Let’s ask some cheerleaders what’s wrong with this. They might have a chant that can help us.
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Oct
08
Iowa’s Great River Road is broken
There are two significant closures on the Great River Road route in southeast Iowa with little or no detour signage. One is a recent development that threatens to become long-term. The road just southeast of Montrose was washed out earlier … Continue reading
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Oct
07
Ocheyedan school likely to be demolished
Residents of Ocheyedan favor tearing down its baby-boom-era school building, the Worthington Daily Globe reports. The amount of money it would take to refurbish and remodel the building is more than the building would be assessed at afterwards, the article … Continue reading
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Oct
06
Very old US 52 bridge near Dubuque closed
There are parts of an old routing of US 52 just east of its south junction with US 61/151 on the south side of Dubuque. One portion, Bellevue Heights Road, was bypassed in the 1930s and now has the E.B. … Continue reading
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Oct
05
Clearing out Corwith
On the last Saturday in September, everything in the school building in Corwith was up for sale, and that meant everything, from the lockers to the fencing around the football field. Stories: Algona Upper Des Moines, Mason City Globe Gazette, Des … Continue reading
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Oct
02
The new view from Section O
On November 18, 2011, I got a discounted ticket for the Iowa State-Oklahoma State game, with no expectation of a close matchup. I was proven very, very wrong. It turned out to be the high point of the Paul Rhoads era. … Continue reading
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Oct
01
One more last chance
The Farragut school district could be forcibly dissolved because its locker rooms, showers, and weight room are not compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act. That is what the 200-student school in far southwestern Iowa is up against after the … Continue reading
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Sep
30
End of an era
KCRG, the last locally owned TV station in Iowa, becomes part of Gray Communications tomorrow. The increased contentiousness of cable and satellite carriage rights, including one with DirectTV earlier this year, was a factor in the deal. The sale means … Continue reading
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Sep
29
Another set of Roadrunners, perhaps?
The Cherokee Chronicle-Times ran a two-part series about Creighton economist Ernie Goss’ visit to Sheldon. Goss does the Mid-American Business Survey. Links: Part 1, Part 2 The first story dealt mainly with Northwest Iowa’s economic opportunities. The second was devoted to … Continue reading
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