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Author Archives: Jeff
Aug
13
New signing for Vining
Tama County’s smallest incorporated place has new welcome signs. A recent transplant to the town offered to paint custom signs for all three entrances. The North Tama Telegraph has the story and photos. Yes, there are TWO tiny Tama County … Continue reading
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Aug
09
Winding Stairs Festival 2024 this weekend
Traer’s annual festival is back, and bigger than last year. The “Shine and Show” car show is part of Winding Stairs Festival this year, instead of being on a separate date in July. The cars might be part of the parade … Continue reading
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Aug
07
The last North Iowa Tractor Ride
Due to sleeping until noon a lot time constraints and events, I didn’t get this Substack story from August in here earlier.
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Aug
06
Lane additions on US 63 planned for 2026
Last month the Iowa DOT held a meeting in Tama about turning US 63 into a Super-2 highway. Two large PDFs are online. The project is scheduled for 2026. Traffic will be detoured onto IA 8 and IA 21 and … Continue reading
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Aug
02
Orient-Macksburg can’t dissolve next year
The below is what happens when you sit on a post too long and it gets overtaken by events. — Ed. The dissolution (not “dissolvement”) of the Orient-Macksburg school district is proceeding mostly as I expected, with a catch that … Continue reading
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Jul
31
Greenfield riding to recovery
I went to Greenfield last week to write about that town being on RAGBRAI so soon after a tornado hit the town. (I also may or may not have sprained my ankle in Orient, but that’s a different story.)
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Jul
29
Well, if you put it that way…
I, as they say, “nothing” the comic book character Deadpool. I’ve never had interest in the gratuitous, uh, everything about him. But movie reviewer Katie Walsh says this about “Deadpool and Wolverine” … It’s a unique script, composed almost exclusively … Continue reading
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Jul
25
Best refills at the fair, gone
It’s a short story, but a notable one. Crescenti’s food stand won’t be at the Iowa State Fair for the first time in four decades. The five-paragraph, two-subhead story in the Des Moines Register says the owner is hanging it … Continue reading
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Jul
23
Koality control
This clip is from the RAGBRAI support vehicle map for today. /stares //STARES Does Gannett not have proofreaders for anything anymore? (This is a rhetorical question. — Ed.) And what map service were those support vehicle route directions copied from, … Continue reading
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Jul
22
‘The Funeral Directors Of Flight 232’
Via a KTIV story I learned of a 15-minute documentary about funeral directors who responded to the crash of United Flight 232 in Sioux City in 1989. It’s worth a watch. Last week was the 35th anniversary of the crash. … Continue reading
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