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May 24

Sara Stoakes inducted into Track Hall of Fame

Posted on Saturday, May 24, 2014, at 1:55 AM by Jeff

North Tama’s one-girl state championship is getting a big honor today! Reprinted below is a press release from the IGHSAU about Sara Stoakes being inducted into the Track and Field Hall of Fame. The 1981 North Tama girls’ team was … Continue reading →

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May 23

2013 population estimates out for Iowa cities

Posted on Friday, May 23, 2014, at 2:01 PM by Jeff

Raw data and spreadsheets available on ISU’s website. Doom and gloom for about everyone outside of the Des Moines metro area from the Register and Quad-City Times. Ankeny passed 50,000 and West Des Moines is within 1000 people of kicking … Continue reading →

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May 23

A Clearfield reunion before the final bell

Posted on Friday, May 23, 2014, at 9:00 AM by Jeff

The Clearfield school district in southwest Iowa is holding a reunion for all students and teachers today at 5 PM, reports the Creston News-Advertiser. There’s one more week of classes at the school before the district dissolves.

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May 22

2014 paper Iowa map now available

Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2014, at 2:31 PM by Jeff

Just in time for Memorial Day, fresh maps are out for travelers, according to this press release from the DOT. (Also third item in this Quad-City Times roundup.) I have been to many of those “nooks and crannies”.

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May 21

Winter is always coming

Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at 11:45 PM by Jeff

It’s not quite worth inclusion in the List of Iowa References, but Kyle Munson writes that author George R.R. Martin spent time in Iowa: “I think a lot of the stuff in ‘A Game of Thrones,’ ” the author told Vanity … Continue reading →

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May 21

We’re Number 99!

Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at 10:18 AM by Jeff

Paul Myerberg’s preview of Iowa State’s upcoming football season is out. ISU is his sixth-worst power-conference team, and 99th out of 128 total. We’re ahead of Kansas, but his preview of the Jayhawks isn’t all that comforting: Kansas is less … Continue reading →

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May 20

IA 98 a dead highway walking

Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at 2:35 PM by Jeff

September 8, 2010 ‘The one transfer-of-jurisdiction deal in the DOT’s five-year plan that doesn’t happen this summer* is for IA 98 in Van Buren County. According to this article in the Ottumwa Courier, the short highway and $2.3 million will … Continue reading →

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May 19

Dubois?

Posted on Monday, May 19, 2014, at 4:10 PM by Jeff

An odd result in my search for school news comes from New Mexico: Petty said the board had hired Streib because he reportedly took the two previous school districts where he was superintendant in Dubois, Iowa and Sundance, Wyom., to number-one … Continue reading →

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May 19

North Tama school employee honored

Posted on Monday, May 19, 2014, at 10:03 AM by Jeff

Congratulations to Heidi Rohlfsen, co-winner of Area 267 Paraeducator of the Year.

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May 18

“New”, “improved” — and SMALLER

Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2014, at 1:00 PM by Jeff

Morrison’s Law of Supermarket Packaging: A label or container redesign is often, perhaps even usually, done to conceal a decrease in the amount of product being sold. (A blog dedicated to cataloging these changes is at mouseprint.org.) Recently, in the … Continue reading →

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