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Author Archives: Jeff
Feb
14
Alta-Aurelia switches school calendar to hours
At this point, it will be more newsworthy when a school district decides to measure the next school year in days, but here’s another data point from the Cherokee Chronicle Times. On a related note, Cedar Rapids’ school year won’t … Continue reading
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Feb
12
The almost-end of stamped Iowa license plates
It’s now mid-February, so the last stragglers holding on to their 1998-2003 plates have had to give them up. New letters are now up to CBE. With the replacement cycle, Iowa currently doesn’t have any active combinations from that sequence … Continue reading
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Feb
10
Benton County opposes J-turn at 30/218 intersection
As of August, the DOT had narrowed the options for what to do with the US 30/218 intersection (where the four-lane currently ends) to two: A double-parclo interchange, with ramps in the northwest and southeast corners of the intersection, or … Continue reading
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Feb
09
New St. Louis bridge opens today
June 9, 2011: Multi-number interstate shields in downtown St. Louis may be on their way out with I-70’s realignment. Many exit numbers, including those in the background, will be changing. The I-70 Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge opens across the … Continue reading
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Feb
07
Emerald ash borer found in Black Hawk County
No, this isn’t about highways or schools, but it is about Iowa, and in this case, something close to Tama County. The sighting in Waterloo is the fourth in a county not bordering the Mississippi River. Hug your ash trees, … Continue reading
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Feb
06
“Photo of the Week” didn’t last long
It appears the Iowa DOT only got through 14 weeks of its centennial “Photo of the Week” series. The fact I’m only realizing this now may be a factor in why it stopped being updated. I’ve removed it from the blogroll … Continue reading
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Feb
06
Undefeated to unranked in four weeks
The ISU women lost to TCU for the second time since the Horned Frogs joined the conference. With the earlier loss to West Virginia at home, again, the newcomers will have no worse than a .500 all-time conference record against … Continue reading
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Feb
05
AHSTW joins the five-letter acronym club
Avoca-Hancock-Shelby-Tennant and Walnut, which have been sharing football for years, are going all-in on whole-grade sharing (links: KMA, Omaha World-Herald). This school year, Walnut is the 10th-smallest school district in the state by certified enrollment, but the second-smallest that still … Continue reading
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Feb
04
Prairie Valley, SE Webster-Grand on track to create state’s second-largest district
July 25, 2012: This new landscaping at the Boxholm school addition may not have students enjoying it for long. The main building was constructed in 1916. When the football district assignments came out, I noticed that Southeast Webster-Grand wasn’t listed … Continue reading
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Feb
02
Updates from river to river
I delved into the DOT’s photo archives and pulled up some pictures that fit in with this website. For the time being, I’m putting the copyright line underneath each picture but may move that to the main page. One thing’s … Continue reading
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