Author Archives: Jeff

Feb 23

US 71 to replace IA 196 in Sac County; IA 471 coming

Posted on Monday, February 23, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 17, 2007: Now it’s really the end of IA 196. The route of US 71 in Iowa will undergo a significant change in 2015 and a new state highway will be created. Among the DOT’s public lettings for Jan. … Continue reading →

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Feb 21

And we’ll never beat Royals (Royals)

Posted on Saturday, February 21, 2015, at 10:02 AM by Jeff

Colo, Iowa — After running out to an early 19-9 lead, turnovers in the fourth quarter contributed to the North Tama girls’ basketball team’s season-ending loss to Colo-NESCO, 42-39. Between the middle of the second and middle of the fourth … Continue reading →

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Feb 20

Van Buren, Harmony talk sharing

Posted on Friday, February 20, 2015, at 10:01 AM by Jeff

September 10, 2010: Cornerstone of the Bonaparte school building. Note centennial coming up. The Harmony school district in southeast Iowa, a very early runner among non-geographic names, is exploring whole-grade sharing with Van Buren. KTVO had a story earlier this … Continue reading →

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Feb 19

Fort Brule, South Dakota

Posted on Thursday, February 19, 2015, at 10:19 AM by Jeff

Just a few miles from the Big Sioux River and Iowa’s westernmost point lies a marker recalling the late American frontier. (Photo taken July 20, 2012. That’s not a color problem, it’s a drought problem.) Fort Brule was established in … Continue reading →

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Feb 18

Iowa hospitality for the Sooners

Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at 10:09 AM by Jeff

Maddie Manning, the Ankeny player who stiffed Iowa State to play basketball for Oklahoma, had one thing she could still bring to the table even after tearing both ACLs in two years: Her family goes all-out to treat the OU … Continue reading →

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Feb 17

New area code for eastern Nebraska

Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at 10:24 AM by Jeff

Nebraska went 60 years with two area codes, but years after an assignment frenzy in other states, three new digits are coming to the eastern part of the state: 531. That includes the entire part of the state bordering Iowa. Unlike … Continue reading →

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Feb 16

KIMT cuts weather map area in half

Posted on Monday, February 16, 2015, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

After I wrote last week about KWWL eliminating some counties on its weather map, Austin Draude e-mailed to say that KIMT has done the same thing. The reduction in the Mason City CBS affiliate’s area sometime late last year*, though, … Continue reading →

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Feb 13

IA 3’s last blocks change in Dubuque

Posted on Friday, February 13, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

April 18, 2006: This part of 9th Street in Dubuque is now two-way. Remember this story from a while back about Dubuque getting rid of some one-way streets? That happened Aug. 25. That conversion of east-west streets affected US 52 … Continue reading →

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Feb 12

What did Iowa do to you, “Agent Carter”?

Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2015, at 10:14 AM by Jeff

Previously in Marvel’s “Agent Carter,” we had a 30-second scene where Peggy Carter met Dorothy Underwood from Iowa, who came to New York City to be a professional dancer. Now we know her name isn’t Dorothy Underwood, and she isn’t … Continue reading →

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Feb 11

Hamburg agrees to Nishnabotna grade split

Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The continuing cohabitational saga of the Farragut and Hamburg school districts had a partial resolution last week, as the Hamburg school board agreed to Farragut’s proposal of having the junior high in Farragut and keeping kindergarten through sixth grades in … Continue reading →

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