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Nov 19

More roundabouts to be inflicted on Cedar Falls drivers

Recently, Cedar Falls wrapped up a massive project to annoy anyone who’s still interested in shopping at College Square by placing FIVE roundabouts on University Avenue. (Technically, it’s three roundabouts plus two almost-roundabouts at the IA 58 on-ramps, but they’re … Continue reading

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Nov 17

The Crimson Monkey: Endgame

November 3, 2012: Iowa State’s Shontrelle Johnson (in pile) scores a Cyclone touchdown late against Oklahoma. ISU lost to the No. 12 Sooners 35-20. For a decade I have charted the Sisyphean task of Iowa State’s football team playing Oklahoma. … Continue reading

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Nov 15

Iowa’s 1920 highway system: The Great Truncation

September 7, 2006: IA 128 in Clayton County is an orphan segment of IA 56 created in November 1924. In the 1920 highway system, only one non-spur route (IA 29 in Plymouth County) had an endpoint that was not in … Continue reading

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Nov 10

Mainline northbound I-29 shutting down at I-480

Next week, for the first time since the interstate system was constructed, there will be a way to get from I-29 to eastbound Broadway in Council Bluffs. It just comes at the expense of everything else, including the interstate itself. … Continue reading

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Nov 08

Eating your way down the Lincoln Highway

WHO’s Roger Riley drove Iowa’s eastern half of the Lincoln Highway for a feature story. This means he got PAID to eat prime rib at the Lighthouse Inn near Cedar Rapids, an omelet at the Lincoln Cafe in Belle Plaine, … Continue reading

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Nov 05

Texas football as Kelsea Ballerini songs

What song, or at least song title, best describes Texas football, or Texas athletics in general? The obvious answers — “Lawyers, Guns, and Money” or “Take the Money and Run” — got used plenty in June. That was when Texas and … Continue reading

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Nov 03

North Tama volleyball in state semifinals

The North Tama volleyball team lost multiple small leads in their state quarterfinal sets Tuesday against Le Mars Gehlen, but pulled it out in the fifth set to win the match and advance to the state semifinals. It was a … Continue reading

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Nov 01

Elk Horn-Kimballton…minus Kimballton

Iowa Department of Education map A finger of the Audubon school district touches the city of Kimballton. More than half a century ago, that finger tied two K-12 school districts, multiple county school boards, and the Iowa Supreme Court up … Continue reading

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Oct 29

Plainfield school has been demolished

Three years after the last students left the Plainfield school building, the site is now open land. KCHA Radio says the building was demolished last month. The Nashua-Plainfield School District is trying to decide what to do next. The land … Continue reading

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Oct 27

Busy week for North Tama sports

Tonight, the No. 12 North Tama volleyball team faces No. 4 Lisbon in Van Horne. At stake is either North Tama’s third state volleyball appearance in six years, or Lisbon’s first ever. Stories: North Tama Telegraph (covering the regional semifinal … Continue reading

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