Author Archives: Jeff

May 15

Mallard school gone

Posted on Friday, May 15, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

As covered here, here, and here, the school building in Mallard was a victim of declining enrollment in the West Bend-Mallard school district in northwest Iowa. The Emmetsburg News website has an eight-paragraph story about the school, ending with the … Continue reading →

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May 13

Cronk’s Cafe closing in Denison

Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The pandemic has claimed Cronk’s Cafe. The Denison restaurant started in 1929, the WHO-TV story says. That would mean it opened right when US 30 was paved in Crawford County. The cafe is located where the north-south route intersected 30 … Continue reading →

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May 11

Traer Star-Clipper needs an editor

Posted on Monday, May 11, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Through a photo with a Gazette article about two Vinton-Shellsburg seniors who are Certified Nursing Assistants currently in New Jersey, I found out something completely unrelated: No one’s writing for the Traer Star-Clipper right now. Two years and two months ago, … Continue reading →

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May 08

King Tower sign being restored

Posted on Friday, May 8, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

November 27, 2002: The King Tower Cafe on the east edge of Tama. The Indian head sign/icon/logo outside the King Tower Cafe is being restored. The Tama-Toledo News website reports that Berleen Wobeter is finishing her work this month. You … Continue reading →

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May 07

IA 144 to be three-laned in Perry

Posted on Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

December 12, 2005: South end of IA 144 on the south side of Perry. According to a story this week from the Perry Chief, Perry is spending $1 million to resurface 60 blocks in town. The last sentence adds another … Continue reading →

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May 04

‘Iowa’s Greatest Sports Moment’

Posted on Monday, May 4, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

WHO-TV’s “Iowa Madness” bracket, a matchup of the top 32 moments by Iowans or Iowa teams in sports history, finished last week. Dan Gable, a wrestler with deep ties to both Iowa State and Iowa, won the tournament for his … Continue reading →

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May 01

Bug-squashing and photo filling

Posted on Friday, May 1, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

I’m doing a bit of house-cleaning/bug-squashing on my end, and looking for places to add photos that were never uploaded. So far, the most embarrassing issue is that I appear to have duplicated my work on photos from October 2014. … Continue reading →

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Apr 29

A programming service announcement

Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

About a month ago, after *gestures omnidirectionally* had really begun to sink in, I noticed that some of the “Jeopardy!” episodes I recorded seemed familiar. You’d think someone who routinely records “Jeopardy!” would be faster on the uptake, but it … Continue reading →

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Apr 27

Corn Carnival canned

Posted on Monday, April 27, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

June 22, 2012: The kind of thing at these kinds of things. From the Gladbrook Corn Carnival website: The Corn Carnival Corporation Board has made a tough decision based on what we believe to protect our community members, visitors, sponsors, … Continue reading →

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Apr 24

I-80 Mississippi River bridge project initiated

Posted on Friday, April 24, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 13, 2006: I-80 heading into Illinois, as seen on the I-80 stateline page. Comparatively, I-80 at the Indiana state line is five lanes each way.  After the I-74 bridge is complete in the Quad Cities, the Iowa and Illinois DOTs … Continue reading →

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