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Mar 14

Michigan football in the Big House

Posted on Friday, March 14, 2014, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct. 5 — It’s a cloudy, dreary day in the Midwest, raining early but then warm enough to keep the coat off. In other words, it’s midseason Big Ten football weather. After some early roadgeeking, I was … Continue reading →

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Mar 13

Lower Midwest Trip Day 10, the roadgeek part

Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2014, at 11:00 AM by Jeff

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct. 5 — It’s a good day when you can travel the entire length of a US highway before noon. US 223 is only 48 miles long. It is signed north-south (as a branch of US 23) … Continue reading →

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Mar 12

Lower Midwest Trip Day 9

Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at 11:00 AM by Jeff

Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 4 — I drove in downtown Detroit, and around Detroit, and survived, clinching the entire portion of I-94 east of the Missouri River* along the way. Route: I-280, I-75, M-39, I-94, I-75, I-375, (loop Woodward to Michigan-Cass … Continue reading →

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Mar 11

Lower Midwest Trip Day 8

Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at 10:31 AM by Jeff

Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 3 — Although my start and end points were relatively close to each other, I stretched this day out to its maximum and squeezed in a museum visit along the way. Route: I-271, I-71, US 224, US … Continue reading →

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Mar 10

Corwith-Wesley pursuing dissolution

Posted on Monday, March 10, 2014, at 11:49 AM by Jeff

In my piece last year about school districts in north-central Iowa (linked at right, and here), I mentioned the Corwith-Wesley and LuVerne school districts, which have been together for years but are technically still independent, were going to enter grade-sharing … Continue reading →

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Mar 09

2014 RAGBRAI route released

Posted on Sunday, March 9, 2014, at 3:02 PM by Jeff

Video on the Register’s website and details on RAGBRAI’s website. The Okoboji area is an overnight stop, but the route map only shows A34 through Milford. Details closer to the ride day will determine how Spirit Lake, currently the largest non-metro city … Continue reading →

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Mar 09

Oxymoron of the week

Posted on Sunday, March 9, 2014, at 10:48 AM by Jeff

“Clive Town Center.“

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Mar 08

North Tama, Hudson renew football series

Posted on Saturday, March 8, 2014, at 10:28 AM by Jeff

In the second-to-last game of 1997, the undefeated North Tama Redhawks suffered a heartbreaking 7-6 loss to the Hudson Pirates. A loss to Wapsie Valley the next week kept a 7-2 NT team out of the Class 1A playoffs that … Continue reading →

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Mar 07

Lower Midwest Trip Day 7

Posted on Friday, March 7, 2014, at 10:46 AM by Jeff

Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 2 — A good chunk of the morning was spent getting my car’s oil changed, but this provided an excuse to drive a rarity of the US interstate system — an unsigned, suffixed route — I-480N, connecting … Continue reading →

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Mar 06

Adventures in pizza shopping

Posted on Thursday, March 6, 2014, at 10:24 AM by Jeff

Beachwood, Ohio, Oct. 1 — With a two-night stay and a refrigerator, I decided it would be a good night for pizza. Using the GPS, I called the number for the nearest Pizza Hut. I’m in Ohio. I’m calling a … Continue reading →

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