Author Archives: Jeff

Jan 28

Council Bluffs interstate meeting tonight

Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2014, at 2:20 PM by Jeff

The Iowa DOT has a short blurb on the Council Bluffs interstate project page for an open house tonight (Tuesday) from 4-7. This is NOT a typical public information meeting, as those are published on the main site and regard … Continue reading →

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Jan 27

Mother Nature, you’re mean when you’re drunk

Posted on Monday, January 27, 2014, at 1:59 PM by Jeff

At least it’s above zero.

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Jan 26

More than half of football teams will qualify for the postseason

Posted on Sunday, January 26, 2014, at 12:48 PM by Jeff

Lost in the concern about potentially losing a regular-season game and excitement about the new high school football districts is a simple fact and reminder of the state’s expanded playoff system: More than half of the football teams in Iowa will … Continue reading →

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Jan 24

Further notes on the new football districts

Posted on Friday, January 24, 2014, at 4:51 PM by Jeff

Odds and ends of observations. The redesign of the IHSAA’s website completely bollixed up links to anything older than a couple years. Fortunately, with the Internet Wayback Machine, it is possible to recover old district lists. Number of teams/schools by … Continue reading →

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Jan 23

Old playoff foes pepper North Tama’s new football district

Posted on Thursday, January 23, 2014, at 2:37 PM by Jeff

(Of course the new enrollments and football districts would drop within 24 hours of each other. Looks like I have a whole bunch of new numbers to play with.) The IHSAA has released the football districts for 2014-15. The Register … Continue reading →

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Jan 22

Update on Council Bluffs interstate work

Posted on Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at 3:00 PM by Jeff

Article in the Omaha World-Herald. There’s a public meeting next week. The big takeaways from the story are that some of the flyover ramps will be finished this calendar year, and parts of the project along I-80 may be sped … Continue reading →

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Jan 22

Snakebit

Posted on Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at 11:29 AM by Jeff

Iowa State, Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Oregon started 58-0 this basketball season. They are a collective 0-13 0-14 since. Not one of those teams has won in two weeks. ESPN blogger Eamonn Brennan calls the plunge “fascinating.” That is not … Continue reading →

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Jan 21

What Girl Scout camps have in common with school consolidation

Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014, at 11:50 AM by Jeff

Today, a trial starts in Scott County to stop the Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois from selling four camps in the state, reports the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Meanwhile, the Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa also intends to … Continue reading →

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Jan 20

So, um, about those Cyclones

Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014, at 12:40 PM by Jeff

Since Baylor coach Scott Drew said Iowa State “is a team that can win a National Championship” the men’s team has gone 0-3. The women are now 0-2 all-time to West Virginia in their own house and laid enough bricks at … Continue reading →

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Jan 18

Two of Iowa’s shortest state highways may be on way out

Posted on Saturday, January 18, 2014, at 12:57 PM by Jeff

September 8, 2010 Iowa Highway 98, a road that serves little purpose except to provide a state-maintained bridge across the Des Moines River to the unincorporated village of Leando*, was the only spur highway that was not decommissioned on July … Continue reading →

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