Author Archives: Jeff

Jul 25

RAGBRAI in Tama County

Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at 11:00 AM by Jeff

Tomorrow, the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa goes through Tama County for the ninth time. Garwin and Clutier are getting their third visits. The 2012 route duplicates 2004 through nearly all the county, except instead of turning south … Continue reading →

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Jul 25

License Plate Countdown — ZPL

Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at 12:42 AM by Jeff

The Zwingle-Peosta-La Motte school district?

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Jul 24

RAGBRAI XL: Complete 40-year list of towns

Posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at 6:00 PM by Jeff

Every year, the RAGBRAI overnight towns are announced near the beginning of the year. Later in the year, first in June but now usually in March, a complete route is unveiled. Sometimes changes are made before the bikes hit the … Continue reading →

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Jul 24

Rhoads work

Posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at 12:00 PM by Jeff

KCRG misspelled Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads’ name Monday on its website — twice. (Notice the spelling in the link is different from that in the screenshot.) Maybe if he beats Iowa again his name will get out there more.

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Jul 24

Coverage of NT in state baseball tournament

Posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at 1:27 AM by Jeff

North Tama’s run in the postseason ends at the hands of a private school from northern Iowa (again). KCRG has video (30-second ad for 30-second clip). KCCI has a full recap of the quarterfinals (NT is last). KWWL, the Waterloo Courier and … Continue reading →

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Jul 23

RAGBRAI and US 20

Posted on Monday, July 23, 2012, at 12:22 AM by Jeff

The RAGBRAI route from Cherokee to Lake City today goes through Sac City. It comes into from the north on M54, then goes west on US 20 through town until M54 turns south. This is possibly the only time RAGBRAI … Continue reading →

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Jul 20

Eight. Dollar. Corn.

Posted on Friday, July 20, 2012, at 9:39 AM by Jeff

Pardon me for my amazement. Just wow.

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Jul 19

RAGBRAI XL: A look back at the maps

Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2012, at 12:49 PM by Jeff

Next week will be the 40th time bicycle riders have taken off on the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. Each year’s is different, but over the decades, some segments have been visited time and time again. The official … Continue reading →

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Jul 18

Redhawks to state! Again!

Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2012, at 10:52 AM by Jeff

The North Tama baseball team beat seventh-ranked BGM for its first trip to the state tournament in a decade, and the first since the tournament moved to Des Moines. The Redhawks will be the 8 seed playing Algona Garrigan. Marshalltown … Continue reading →

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Jul 17

Off the grid

Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at 1:44 PM by Jeff

The title of the marker, “How Correctionville Got It’s Name!” is both enthusiastic and mispunctuated. It’s “its” not “it’s”. Correctionville, in Woodbury County, is named for the survey correction line that runs through the town and across the state. The … Continue reading →

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