Author Archives: Jeff

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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May 16

IA 100 bypass under construction, on schedule

Posted on Friday, May 16, 2014, at 10:34 AM by Jeff

Take it away, Internet: But seriously, Real Soon Now is actually real soon now. There’s actual construction happening on the IA 100 bypass of western Cedar Rapids. It is scheduled to be built in two stages, Edgewood Road to Covington … Continue reading →

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May 15

IA 92 to be rerouted onto Muscatine bypass, IA 38

Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2014, at 11:26 AM by Jeff

October 13, 2006: The first signs you see after IA 92 enters the state from Illinois are going to change this summer. A city route that has been a part of the Iowa highway system for more than nine decades … Continue reading →

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May 14

Cedar Falls takes University Avenue for $20 million

Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at 11:02 AM by Jeff

November 21, 2001: The soon-to-be-former west end of unsigned IA 934, University Avenue in Cedar Falls and Waterloo. There are two big surprises in the DOT’s five-year plan, released Tuesday, and they both have to do with unloading urban arterial … Continue reading →

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May 13

Manilla will lose school but keep part of building

Posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at 12:40 PM by Jeff

There are a couple of articles in the Carroll Daily Times Herald about the IKM-Manning district’s discussions over the past year. I think there’s a little bit of time-stamp garbling as they are dated three months ago but show up … Continue reading →

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May 12

Garner-Hayfield, Ventura closer to merging

Posted on Monday, May 12, 2014, at 11:05 AM by Jeff

Story via AP/KCRG. There will be a vote in September, so there’s not much else to report on this at the moment.

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May 11

License Plate Letters — CKC

Posted on Sunday, May 11, 2014, at 10:12 AM by Jeff

But not the CKC of the Chicago-Kansas City expressway.

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May 09

A township that needs to be put out of its misery, but probably can’t

Posted on Friday, May 9, 2014, at 9:58 AM by Jeff

This corner is all that’s left of Bloomfield Township in Polk County (2013 map). Polk County’s Bloomfield Township has been gradually shrinking since it was created. In 1875, the township had boundaries of the Raccoon River, the section line that … Continue reading →

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