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Jun 21

License Plate Letters — BHL

Posted on Friday, June 21, 2013, at 12:45 AM by Jeff

If every combination has been used, that’s 1,352,000 plates in 13 months (ZHL to BHL) — 104,000 a month, covering one-third of about 4.18 million vehicles in the state.

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Jun 20

Two ‘worst trophies’? Really?

Posted on Thursday, June 20, 2013, at 9:46 AM by Jeff

For the record, this is at least the second time in two years the Telephone Trophy has been spat on, possibly the most attention it’s received in forever. Oh, and you can remove the receiver, too. Image from Cyclone Fanatic. USA … Continue reading →

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Jun 18

Exira-EHK merger vote coming soon

Posted on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at 11:33 AM by Jeff

A good article from the Omaha World-Herald with some basics about the merger process, benefits, and the pressure districts face. The most important factor in this case, though, may be the financial trouble the Exira district has been in recently.

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Jun 17

Another Dyersville interchange meeting

Posted on Monday, June 17, 2013, at 1:59 PM by Jeff

Still about the one to the southwest with US 20.

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Jun 15

The Des Moines Register moves

Posted on Saturday, June 15, 2013, at 3:28 PM by Jeff

Stories from WHO and KCCI, along with the Register’s last editorial from the old building. This makes the second newspaper building I’ve worked in that has been abandoned.

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Jun 14

Royal Gorge fire in Colorado

Posted on Friday, June 14, 2013, at 1:38 PM by Jeff

August 5, 1995: Entrance to Royal Gorge park/tourist area. I presume this is in the area burned in the fire. Wildfires in Colorado have claimed the area around a major tourist attraction, Royal Gorge Bridge near Cañon City, Colorado. The … Continue reading →

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Jun 13

Hallie Christofferson, Iowa ambassador

Posted on Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 2:31 PM by Jeff

Ames Tribune: “My roommates [at the Team USA tryouts] didn’t really know much about Iowa, so they were just asking a bunch of questions,” Christofferson said. “The topic came up about how I used to show pigs, so that took … Continue reading →

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Jun 13

Chopped liver, as usual

Posted on Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 10:40 AM by Jeff

Andy Staples fawns over Nebraska’s move to the Big Ten: If Nebraska and Oklahoma could somehow find a way to play an annual out-of-conference game, I’d bump this move to an A-plus. That was the best game in the Big … Continue reading →

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Jun 12

Council Bluffs willing to take over IA 192

Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at 11:06 AM by Jeff

June 12, 2006: Even if IA 192 got decommissioned, the route would still work as a Business Loop I-29. This is the north end’s direct merge into the interstate. Council Bluffs is so desperate to get water and sewer work … Continue reading →

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Jun 10

School closures and the Barker rules

Posted on Monday, June 10, 2013, at 3:23 PM by Jeff

The Iowa Department of Education has online the two dozen or so appeals about school closings since 1977. That year, the Iowa Department of Public Instruction created the “Barker rules”. In response to a case regarding the Van Buren school … Continue reading →

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