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Author Archives: Jeff
Jul
02
Traer tornado rated EF2; Berger farm destroyed
The official survey is in, and the National Weather Service says the tornado developed about 2 PM Monday, 3.2 miles northwest of Traer… …which means it emerged literally on top of Denny and Jill Berger’s farm. KWWL has the sad … Continue reading
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Jul
01
Significant tornado damage in, around Traer
You don’t think it will happen to you until it happens to you. This is part of what the Morrison farmstead looks like after a tornado hit Monday. The neighbor’s bins from a quarter-mile away are in our barnyard. NWS … Continue reading
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Jun
30
O BeeOneGee, O BeeOneGee, how lovely are thy fullbacks
The Big Ten’s addition of Maryland tomorrow means the conference will have both states with official state songs, and another with an unofficial state song, sung to the tune of “O Tannenbaum/O Christmas Tree”. The other official-song state? Why, Iowa, … Continue reading
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Jun
29
USPS reduction in hours affects 572 Iowa post offices
I haven’t used the “Post Offices” category in a while, but it looks like it’s about to come back in a big way. A story at KWWL tipped me off to this.* There’s also a story from KCRG, embedded above. … Continue reading
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Jun
24
Conferences, apportionment, and the Big Ten’s population problem
June 27, 2009: Testudo, the University of Maryland’s mascot, before he was set on fire I have kept a link to my August 2012 “College Conferences and House Apportionment” post on the sidebar of this blog. I figured it would be … Continue reading
Jun
23
On vacation
For the next week-ish there will be no blog updates unless something particularly strikes me because I am on vacation. Between my Manilla school column that ran in the Register Saturday (see link below), and the long Big Ten/population writeup, … Continue reading
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Jun
22
SOMEone had a fun headline day
Pot-infused food’s safety becomes a joint effort (Iowa City Press-Citizen) (Might be intentional, might not, still amusing.)
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Jun
22
Toledo Polaris dealership burns down
First story and photos from KWWL; second story and video from KWWL, reminding us that Iowans are awesome. “We got water in here for all the firemen,” said Toledo Mayor Dave Svoboda. “Somebody brought sandwiches and we had cookies. And … Continue reading
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Jun
21
My column on Manilla, and school closings in general
Published in The Des Moines Register today.
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Jun
20
US 20 traveler completes his journey west
Bryan Farr reached Newport OR yesterday. He put up a picture on Twitter (and a post that only Facebook users can read). Now comes the other part of his journey: Coming back east to Boston. If he takes any parts … Continue reading
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