Author Archives: Jeff

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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Apr 22

New Hampton’s Heartland Days cancelled

Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The coronavirus is starting to wipe out small-town summer festivals. KCHA Radio reported last week that New Hampton’s summer celebration, Heartland Days, scheduled for June 12-13, will not be held. I’m posting this because it is the first festival of … Continue reading →

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Apr 20

2020 Lincoln Highway conference cancelled

Posted on Monday, April 20, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

June 13, 2011: I-55 exit for US 30/Lincoln Highway in Joliet IL. It was pretty much inevitable. The 2020 conference was to be in Joliet, and it will be pushed back a year, to 2021. The 2022 conference will be … Continue reading →

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Apr 17

Iowa’s dominoes

Posted on Friday, April 17, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

A simple expression, in simple form. Not shown: the extinction-level-event domino called “football season”. At least they didn’t have to cancel Veishea this year.

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Apr 15

Back-to-back ‘Iowa Almanac’ moments

Posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

From last week, heard on KXEL, in Jeff Stein’s “Iowa Almanac”. Go to near the top of the April archives to hear more about these two events: On April 9, 1913, the Iowa Highway Commission became a state agency separate … Continue reading →

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Apr 13

Wapello connection debate solved?

Posted on Monday, April 13, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

I guess ramming your head into a brick wall/plain old obstreperousness sometimes DOES work. The Iowa DOT is prepared to allow an intersection with future four-lane US 61 and a side road south of Wapello, the Muscatine Journal reported nearly two … Continue reading →

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