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Feb 27

NT girls play at state today

Posted on Monday, February 27, 2012, at 9:00 AM by Jeff

The North Tama girls’ basketball team plays North Mahaska in the first game of the evening session and last in the 1A quarterfinals. NT is an unranked 8-seed (21-4) and NM is undefeated (25-0). The Des Moines Register notes this … Continue reading →

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Feb 27

Photos by the numbers: 117

Posted on Monday, February 27, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

September 13, 2011: Leaving-town sign on US 69 at Davis City that does double duty at the junction of J66. This is right by the Davis City post office, one of scores across the state threatened with closure.

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Feb 26

Photos by the numbers: 116

Posted on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

August 2002: One of many wrong-way multiplexes in Massachusetts. This particular picture helped me retrace a winding route through the state on a day that resulted in traveling much later than anticipated, ducking in and out of Vermont. Not only … Continue reading →

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Feb 25

Photos by the numbers: 115

Posted on Saturday, February 25, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

June 26, 2006: Near downtown Sioux Falls. SD 115 is US 77’s old route between US 18 and Dell Rapids. The “Downtown” text on the I-229 shield is unique to this business loop. Notice the crisp, clean lines of the … Continue reading →

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Feb 24

Two post office sorting centers to stay open

Posted on Friday, February 24, 2012, at 12:41 PM by Jeff

A followup to previous posts about post office hubs: Waterloo and Cedar Rapids will stay open. Carroll and Creston will not. Nothing about local post offices beyond the moratorium that was already in place.

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Feb 24

Photos by the numbers: 114

Posted on Friday, February 24, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

June 12, 2006: Leaving-town sign on US 59 south of Emerson. Although there’s a county and a half to go before the state line, there’s only one Iowa town left on 59. Segments of US 59 south of here were … Continue reading →

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Feb 23

Photos by the numbers: 113

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

May 8, 2007: East end of MN 113 after a quick detour to get Becker County. (I did more extensive travel there later.) This is close to the source of the Mississippi.

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Feb 22

NU High to close

Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at 5:36 PM by Jeff

(Image: Waterloo Courier) Its official name is “Malcolm Price Laboratory School” or “Price Lab.” But when it comes to sports, we know it as “NU High” (for Northern University). Its connection to UNI wasn’t that much of a concern or … Continue reading →

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Feb 22

Photos by the numbers: 112

Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

September 16, 2007: US 169 leaving Humboldt has to go all the way to central Minnesota to get a large enough city for the bottom line. It’s not the southernmost non-interstate mention of Minnesota, though. That distinction, as far as … Continue reading →

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Feb 22

Iowa State 66, Missouri 59 (OT)

Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at 12:09 AM by Jeff

Ames, Iowa — The Iowa State women played one of their ugliest games I’ve ever seen Tuesday night and still managed to pull out a win. After my experience in Columbia, I thought this was going to be a good … Continue reading →

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