Author Archives: Jeff

Mar 18

IA 21 at US 30 to close for up to 20 months

Posted on Friday, March 18, 2022, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

At the end of this month, construction will begin on the IA 21 interchange with future four-lane US 30. The space is pretty flat, so to build up land for an overpass (as with US 218), IA 21 will have … Continue reading →

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Mar 16

100th anniversary of Glidden school

Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

June 22, 2013: The very stately Glidden school, now Glidden-Ralston High School. Carroll Times, March 16, 1922: Attend dedication of Glidden school County Superintendent George Galloway and Superintendent of Schools J.N. Cunningham took part in the dedication of Glidden’s new … Continue reading →

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Mar 14

Unclear on the concept, 174th-ranked DMA edition

Posted on Monday, March 14, 2022, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Chicago Tribune: More remote workers are moving to small towns like Quincy that better match their lifestyles as pandemic reshapes the workplace For Marcus Medsker, the pace of life in Quincy, Illinois, is slow. … Quincy, home to about 40,000 … Continue reading →

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Mar 11

School timeline mega-update: Westwood and Van Wert

Posted on Friday, March 11, 2022, at 10:11 AM by Jeff

Here’s a collection of information regarding a present-day district on Iowa’s western border and a town almost at Iowa’s southern border. Thanks for referring to my website, Westwood sixth-graders in 2020-21! Here’s your pingback of sorts! (BTW, if anyone has … Continue reading →

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Mar 09

When a daily isn’t

Posted on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at 10:01 AM by Jeff

At any point in the previous century this would have been earth-shattering news: The Des Moines Register is not going to print Saturday editions. Its last physical Saturday paper was March 5. Given developments over the past two years in … Continue reading →

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Mar 07

Gladbrook school to be demolished this year

Posted on Monday, March 7, 2022, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

From the Sun-Courier, on last month’s Gladbrook-Reinbeck school board meeting: Bid documents were approved for the demolition of the vacant school building in Gladbrook. The project is currently out for bid through Align Architecture. The project would seek to remove … Continue reading →

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Mar 04

East Sac construction, destruction update

Posted on Friday, March 4, 2022, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The East Sac school district adjusted its building timeline after voting to close the Wall Lake school in February 2020. The old(er) school in Sac City, used as East Sac Middle School, had its closure delayed one year and will … Continue reading →

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Mar 02

Linn County’s oldest bridge to be replaced

Posted on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

A historic truss bridge in Linn County will be demolished and replaced this year, just short of its 150th birthday. The Bertram Road Bridge over Indian Creek just south of Mount Vernon Road was built in 1876, or at least … Continue reading →

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Feb 28

Jeopardy contestants go 0-for-Iowa

Posted on Monday, February 28, 2022, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

Last Friday’s “Jeopardy!” had a collision of two of my favorite categories — college football and geography — with questions about the Big Ten Conference. (There was another college sports-related category just on Feb. 10, “Their Current College Conference.”) But … Continue reading →

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Feb 25

The ghost of the Traer Sale Barn

Posted on Friday, February 25, 2022, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Iowa DOT’s migration of old construction plans to its online portal has revealed how fastidious its record-keeping is. The weak spot is that the plans don’t always indicate exactly what year the project was completed. Having the letting date … Continue reading →

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