Author Archives: Jeff

May 13

Court clears way for Preston, East Central vote

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday (QC Times), months after the initial case and after East Central started a sharing agreement with Northeast. The Preston-East Central combination, which supporters would like to call Easton Valley*, has had its viability called … Continue reading

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May 11

Border War license plate?

A Missouri representative has agreed to sponsor the process to get a University of Kansas specialty plate in the state of Missouri. Missouri is already offering one for the University of Arkansas. If the wrong bumper sticker could get your … Continue reading

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May 11

Post offices saved, but too late for Buckingham

A day late and a dollar 45-cent stamp short, I know. Kyle Munson has been on it. This is the list of reduced hours. (PDF, organized by ZIP code and state abbreviaion) It includes a lot of those places that … Continue reading

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May 10

License plate countdown — ZIJ

On April 2, I said, “It’s possible a driver with an A/B/C/E plate could renew this year and bookend the series.” I have now seen it happen — an E vehicle became a Z (with different letters than the combo … Continue reading

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May 10

The Iowa State Hawkeyes

The AP’s Oklahoma City bureau needs a copy editor for this story about suspended players: Jackson had career-highs in receptions with three and 45 yards receiving against Iowa State in the Insight Bowl. Oklahoma played Iowa in last year’s Insight Bowl. … Continue reading

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May 08

Complete chronology of Iowa counties

Iowa at statehood, 1846 (Flickr) It seems like most of Iowa’s county histories are ever only organized by individual county. This provides good detail for each separately, but hurts when you are trying to think of the “big picture” of … Continue reading

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May 06

That would have been awkward

Davis County Iowa, along the Missouri border, was named in 1843 for Garret Davis, a U.S. representative from Kentucky. But if the luck of the draw had gone another way, it would have created historical confusion for generations to come. … Continue reading

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May 05

Idaho president speaks his mind

The University of Idaho football team moved up from I-AA with Boise State in 1996, but since then their fortunes have wildly diverged. Now Boise State is wedging its way into the BCS (just as it ceases to exist) while … Continue reading

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May 04

US 34 Missouri River bridge delayed

The widespread flooding last year is only part of it. (Omaha World-Herald)

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May 03

Links to post office appeals

This is a continuation of a post from December listing post office closing notices and appeals, filed after a moratorium was placed. A Final Determination for each had been made before mid-December, but he boilerplate text says the USPS “will proceed with the … Continue reading

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