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Author Archives: Jeff
Aug
05
Highland wants to consolidate building location
The Highland school district is proposing to close two elementary buildings that haven’t been around all that long. Highland, a name that falls firmly in the “tells you nothing about its location” category, is Ainsworth and Riverside in Washington County. … Continue reading
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Aug
04
Iowa TV stations back on Mediacom
A “for the record” type of post here: Multiple network affiliates serving areas in Iowa were off Mediacom cable systems for two weeks but are now back on the lineups*. This time, the retransmission-fee dispute was with Media General, which … Continue reading
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Aug
02
Mason City Newman. Again.
The semi-tradition of “the team that beats North Tama, or the team that beats the team that beats North Tama, wins it all” came true again this year in baseball, as Mason City Newman shut out Pleasantville Saturday to win the Class … Continue reading
Jul
31
‘Largest ice cream cone in the world’?
July 22, 2015: Downtown Ackley during RAGBRAI. Anyone for ice cream? One highlight from last week’s RAGBRAI on Wednesday was a giant ice cream cone in Ackley. Inside, the owners serve, what else, ice cream! I don’t know what it … Continue reading
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Jul
30
Wilton uniting campuses, will close former high school building
From the Muscatine Journal: Wilton is building an elementary addition onto its junior/senior high school. Completion will be in 2016. The current elementary, which was the town’s only school building decades ago, will be demolished.
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Jul
29
Titanic newsreel among historic footage in AP archive
The Associated Press announced July 23 that it and British Movietone have recently posted over a million minutes of historic film and video news footage to YouTube. All have an AP watermark, but the bulk of the clips are newsreels. … Continue reading
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Jul
27
Can we PLEASE do something about Iowa’s postseason trophies?
November 19, 2010: What do you want on your tombstone trophy? (Center: Sara Stoakes, one-woman championship.) The state high school softball tournament was last week — AGWSR won its first title in that sport — and the baseball tournament is this … Continue reading
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Jul
24
License Plate Letters — DPK
[insert witty acronym joke here] (No, what you’re thinking of is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, not to be confused with the People’s Republic of Johnson County.)
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Jul
23
Norway takes ownership of baseball diamond
The baseball diamond in the town of Norway, the former perennial high school power in that sport, will become city property for $1, KCRG reports. Benton Community has not played games for years at the diamond on the south side … Continue reading
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Jul
22
Where ‘7 million kinds of pie’ is an understatement
July 21, 2015: Please do not lick your screen. The traveling celebration of Iowa on wheels otherwise known as RAGBRAI rolled into Eldora last night, and heads to Cedar Falls via Ackley and Parkersburg today. Pictures from the ride in … Continue reading
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