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Author Archives: Jeff
Jan
09
IA 146 Searsboro curve to be realigned
May 31, 2005: The former east end of IA 225, at IA 146, looking east. The Iowa DOT has a request for public input, but not a public meeting, regarding a change to IA 146 at Searsboro. The minimalist PDF … Continue reading
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Jan
06
US 65 beltway is Polk County isthmus
It has annoyed me for a while that Altoona and Des Moines’ annexations in the early 2010s omitted the US 65 bypass between them, meaning that the two cities do not technically touch boundaries. It turns out that, intentionally or … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa Miscellaneous, Maps
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Jan
04
License Plate Letters — MQZ
This post is to take stock of where we are, approximately, in the license plate cycle at the start of 2023. The late M’s were also appearing in 2003, as part of the original 1997 cycle. That took about eight … Continue reading
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Jan
02
New year, old calendar
*shrug* Hey, it works! You know where else you can get a calendar for 2023 that will work in many years? The Traer Sesquicentennial Store, which is now open online! 2023 is Traer’s 150th birthday, and I assure you, I … Continue reading
Posted in Tama County
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Dec
29
US 63 in Tama-Toledo to be three-laned
This month’s Iowa Transportation Commission meeting included approval of Traffic Safety Improvement Program applications. (The two PDFs that compile the applications are detailed and large.) Included on the list of FY24 funding approvals is conversion of US 63 in Tama and … Continue reading
Posted in Highway Miscellaneous
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Dec
23
KOKZ comes full circle
And I said, what about “Breakfast at Tiffany’s?” I said “I think I remember the film”… During the last school year I regularly rode the bus, KOKZ 105.7 in Waterloo switched from Top 40 (the previous 15 years of such, … Continue reading
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Dec
21
Tama County news, and newspaper news, updates
Tying up some stories and sprinkling in references to some new ones: The deadline for moving to 8-player football has passed, and as of this writing, the North Tama board had taken no action for at least the varsity level. … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa Miscellaneous, Tama County
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Dec
19
It’s been 25 years…
…and I can still smell the fresh paint. The china had never been used. The sheets had never been slept in. Titanic was called the “Ship of Dreams,” and it was, it really was. Yes, I typed that completely from … Continue reading
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Dec
16
Northwest Iowa getting first roundabout
The new MOC/FV elementary school on the east edge of Orange City will also bring a change to IA 10 in the area — its first roundabout. KIWA reports that this is the first roundabout on a state road in … Continue reading
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Dec
14
Boxholm school is gone
July 25, 2012: The cornerstone of the Boxholm school. I have no idea if it was preserved. Boxholm’s school, which closed in 2014, was torn down earlier this year. In March, the Fort Dodge Messenger ran a retrospective — or, … Continue reading
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