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Sep 10

AHSTW succeeds; bond issues go down in flames

Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

AHST and Walnut overwhelmingly approved consolidation Tuesday, multiple sources report (Register/AP, Nonpareil). Also in southwest Iowa, Fremont-Mills approved a bond issue, but it’s about the only winner this week. Throughout the state, other bond issues not only failed to reach … Continue reading →

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Sep 09

RUn-MMC

Posted on Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn and Remsen-Union school boards Sept. 2 gave the second approval for a whole-grade-sharing agreement starting in 2016, KTIV reports. Marcus gets the high school, Remsen gets grades 5-8, each keep their own elementaries. The story says that in November, … Continue reading →

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Sep 08

Last summer at Camp Tahigwa?

Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Des Moines Register photojournalist Kelsey Kremer, a former Girl Scout and now counselor at Camp Tahigwa, has created a Web video and written commentary about what the camp in far northeast Iowa means to her. I made a blog post … Continue reading →

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Sep 07

US 77 and I-129 pages updated, for real this time

Posted on Monday, September 7, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

June 4, 2014: This photo from I-29 northbound at I-129 is now on the I-129 page. I made a blog post in mid-June announcing the addition of photos from last summer onto a bunch of pages. I included US 77’s north … Continue reading →

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Sep 05

IA 100 construction update

Posted on Saturday, September 5, 2015, at 11:14 AM by Jeff

The Gazette had an article and photos this week about progress on the western extension of IA 100. The bridge for Covington Road (former IA 94) opened over the future freeway Wednesday. Construction is on schedule, and Edgewood Road should … Continue reading →

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Sep 04

We’re Number 118!

Posted on Friday, September 4, 2015, at 10:04 AM by Jeff

Iowa State is the ununoctium of the Associated Press football poll, according to a compilation at College Football News/Scout. CFN created a point system for final rankings in every Associated Press poll since 1936 — 25 points for first place, … Continue reading →

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Sep 03

Harmony losing its high school

Posted on Thursday, September 3, 2015, at 10:03 AM by Jeff

The Harmony Rockets are being taken off the launch pad. The school district in eastern Van Buren County, whose high school is not in the town of Farmington but at the intersection of J40 and W46 along the Henry County … Continue reading →

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Sep 02

Center Junction disincorporation final

Posted on Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at 10:05 AM by Jeff

I missed the final approval of Center Junction’s disincorporation in June (PDF) and it’s surfacing again because of the former town’s integration into the Jones County E911 rural street system (stories: KCRG, Anamosa Journal-Eureka). I move the Board acknowledge that the … Continue reading →

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Sep 01

Broadway viaduct area part of Council Bluffs transfer of jurisdiction

Posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2015, at 10:01 AM by Jeff

June 12, 2006: The intersection of West Broadway and 16th Street in Council Bluffs, currently the location where IA 192 joins/departs US 6, will be removed from the state highway system in all directions in the near future. The Council … Continue reading →

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Aug 31

Revised IA 330-US 65 interchange plan released

Posted on Monday, August 31, 2015, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

The Iowa DOT has released its final plan (officially, “preferred alternative”) to remove the existing US 65/IA 330/IA 117 intersection and build an interchange. Construction is scheduled for 2017 and 2018 despite a prominent eminent-domain fight that is also the final, bitter … Continue reading →

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