Author Archives: Jeff

Apr 17

Former NT band teacher in the news

On the wires this week: A story about a 79-year-old flute player in a fifth-grade band in Dubuque, with a quote from director Brian Enabnit. I am assuming this is the same Brian Enabit who led North Tama’s high school … Continue reading

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Apr 16

Happy Map Day

Belated Map Day, anyway. The DOT released the 2014 Iowa highway map online yesterday. The most notable change is the logo in the upper right corner — it has the newly designed version rather than the one created in 1975. … Continue reading

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Apr 15

School nomenclature gymnastics

The school district in the central portion of Clinton County has an issue with being called…Central Clinton. The Clinton Herald has the longer story, which was picked up by the AP. The official name is “Central Community School District of … Continue reading

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Apr 14

County counting site adds interstate guide, Google Maps overlay

Some enterprising user of the Mob-Rule.com county counting site has created a map that colors in every county in the country touched by an interstate. Here’s the map, and here’s the page (to select by state). Major interstates have a color … Continue reading

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Apr 14

US 69 closed at Belmond for detour

Another sign of spring (despite what it actually feels like outside): A season-long closure of US 69 south of Belmond starts today to replace a bridge. It’s at least the fourth closure of the season so far.

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Apr 11

More information on proposed Wapello bypass

The DOT meeting about US 61 in Wapello, which I referred to earlier this week, has been scheduled for April 24. The project information is already online (PDF). In that writeup we learn a little more about US 61 in … Continue reading

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Apr 10

Grand Avenue ramp closure today

A press release from the DOT indicates the ramps from NB I-35 closed this morning. There’s going to be a few days before traffic moves into the center lanes. Also of note: The Iowa DOT’s news page has been fully … Continue reading

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Apr 09

Veishea is gone.

Ten years after the riot that rocked my senior year of college, and eight years after being given ONE MORE LAST CHANCE, the nation’s largest student-run celebration has been cancelled for this year. It is likely to be cancelled forever. … Continue reading

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Apr 08

Iowa State specialty plates in Texas?

The Dallas-Fort Worth Cyclone Club is looking for 200 applicants to get a Texas license plate in cardinal and gold. (Meanwhile, in Iowa, we have specialty plates up the wazoo but the university/college plates are limited to in-state institutions. I … Continue reading

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Apr 08

Wapello bypass part of future US 61 plans

A report last week in the Muscatine Journal says that an option to expand US 61 to five lanes through the town of Wapello has been removed from consideration. Two alternatives use a western bypass. Building a four-lane US 61 … Continue reading

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