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Author Archives: Jeff
Sep
12
Lincoln Highway at 100: The Omaha shift
July 12, 2013: This loop is really a spur. It runs from the state line to the corner of 6th and Erie in Missouri Valley. When US 30 was paved west of Boone in 1931, it completed the Lincoln Highway … Continue reading
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Sep
11
US 61 four-lane plans down to two
Mediapolis bypass or no Mediapolis bypass. Each plan moves 61 away from the current two-lane north of Burlington and in the IA 78 area.
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Sep
10
That’s “aff-a-leets”
Posted without further comment.
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Sep
09
ISU records vs. Top 25 revised
In the “Hmm, that’s funny” category, this weekend I was making sure that my long list of Iowa State football games vs. ranked teams synced with the university’s media guide. It did not. Two read-throughs later, there’s a good reason: The … Continue reading
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Sep
08
My Field of Dreams column
is available on the Register’s website.
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Sep
06
Traer mentioned in Wall Street Journal
It’s a short segment (Ellen Young is interviewed) of a story focused on a festival in Kansas. Traer is part of the larger picture of how some town festivals may not be completely in sync with their namesakes. In the … Continue reading
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Sep
06
But you already knew this
Bret Blum, Cyclone Fanatic: In fact, as part of the initiation into being a Cyclone fan, you are required to be kicked in the groin at least once.
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Sep
05
US 159 Missouri River bridge opens
This is just outside of Iowa, but important to the southwest. (It also means I have to go back there and travel across it to re-clinch US 159.) This Lincoln Journal-Star article errs in saying the bridge connects Richardson County … Continue reading
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Sep
04
Mason City bans birthday treats in schools
This is not the America I grew up in.
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Sep
03
Clarion-Goldfield, Dows merger vote next week
July 7, 2011: Brickwork detail on Dows’ original school building. It may not live to see its 103rd birthday. Dows hasn’t had its own high school since the late 1990s, when it entered into a grade-sharing agreement with northeastern neighbor … Continue reading
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