Author Archives: Jeff

Jan 20

Kodak’s bankrupt

Posted on Friday, January 20, 2012, at 9:00 AM by Jeff

June 25, 2006: One of the last photos I took with film, near Gitchie Manitou State Park It’s been over five years since I bought my last Kodak product, a pair of disposable cameras in Mitchell, S.D., in 2006, when … Continue reading →

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Jan 20

Photos by the numbers: 79

Posted on Friday, January 20, 2012, at 12:08 AM by Jeff

August 14, 2005: For an awkward time after the Second Great Decommissioning, Louisa and Des Moines counties tried this “neither-fish-nor-foul” naming convention. It was particularly odd in this case, when IA 79 had been J20 before 1980. All of this … Continue reading →

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Jan 19

Photos by the numbers: 78

Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2012, at 7:05 AM by Jeff

October 29, 2004: East end of IA 78 in Louisa County. The mileage sign in the background shows the distance to…nothing. Instead of covering up the top line, the “99” on the shield was removed when IA 99 was decommissioned.

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Jan 18

Dallas County rest area’s time limited?

Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at 8:27 PM by Jeff

The Des Moines Register reports that the Federal Highway Administration has approved plans for the Alice’s Road interchange on I-80. It is scheduled to open within two years. This is the recently built Alice’s Road bridge as seen from the … Continue reading →

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Jan 18

Class A football: 2002 vs. 2012

Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at 1:30 PM by Jeff

Expanding on my post from yesterday, here’s a more expansive breakdown. In 2002-03, Class A had 67 teams. The 8-man (technically “8-player”, since girls play football too) class expanded from 26 to 40. In 2012-13, those classes will have 63 … Continue reading →

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Jan 18

Photos by the numbers: 77

Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

June 12, 2005: North end of US 77 in Sioux City. It comes across the Missouri River and ends. Even at its greatest extent, though, 77 only went through Sioux City, and so IA 77 was never renumbered. Since Jason … Continue reading →

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Jan 17

New football districts

Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at 1:29 PM by Jeff

North Tama has never lost to Gladbrook-Reinbeck in football — but the neighboring schools haven’t played each other in a decade. That’s about to change as part of the old North Iowa Cedar League is reunited in the new Class … Continue reading →

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Jan 17

Photos by the numbers: 76

Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

September 2, 2009: On the northwest side of Waukon — you can see it on the map — IA 76 makes a turn off A52 (old IA 9) and heads for Minnesota. The unique characteristics of this sign are the … Continue reading →

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Jan 16

Rick Santorum* visits the Tama County Fair

Posted on Monday, January 16, 2012, at 5:38 PM by Jeff

OK, not really. (Note: From Hulu. May not work in Firefox.) “At the Tama County Fair, I sampled a local dessert specialty: a 3-pound stick of butter coated with Crisco, then deep-fried, dipped into a mixture of olive oil and … Continue reading →

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Jan 16

Photos by the numbers: 75

Posted on Monday, January 16, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

May 10, 2007: US 75 at MN 171 near the Canada border. Although the picture shows a double arrow, US 75 to the left of this picture is a giant dead-end. It’s been that way for nearly a decade, since … Continue reading →

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