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Jan 17

On bubbles, or possibly rocks

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

Am I living in one or are they living under one? From Wednesday. WATCH: Adam Schiff was an answer on "Jeopardy!" and none of the contestants knew who he was https://t.co/4A8AA2R1kW pic.twitter.com/a693uJV4kJ — The Hill (@thehill) January 16, 2020 If … Continue reading →

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Jan 16

The passing of an age, a couple ages ago

Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

“That the ranks of Civil War veterans are being thinned more rapidly as the years pass is indicated by the mortality figures at the Iowa Soldiers’ Home for the year 1919. The heaviest death rate ever known in the institution … Continue reading →

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Jan 15

Photo 37,000

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

June 21, 2018 US 8 is almost exclusively confined to Wisconsin. It used to run to downtown Minneapolis but currently ends at I-35 on the fringes of the Twin Cities metro area. It barely gets into Michigan, where it ends … Continue reading →

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Jan 14

An exhortation to be there

Posted on Tuesday, January 14, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

South Tama sports are not in a great place right now. Multiple teams have long losing streaks. In the past decade or so the school has bounced from the WaMaC to the Little Hawkeye Conference to the NICL and back … Continue reading →

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Jan 13

A historic note, slightly appended, or upended

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

After the 2018 midterms I wrote: So, barring surprises, in 2020 Iowa will have Republican women in three top positions — Reynolds, Ernst, and Speaker of the House Linda Upmeyer — and Democratic women in two more, Axne and Finkenauer. Well, … Continue reading →

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Jan 10

Amy Klobuchar’s in a very exclusive club of very intelligent, learned people

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

(May not work in older browsers. Sorry.) Klobuchar shows off her ability to list all fifty states in 30 seconds! ???????? pic.twitter.com/9rgPnWHdLz — Behind 2020 (@Behind2020) January 8, 2020 “Have any of the other candidates do that?” she asks. No, … Continue reading →

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Jan 09

Sioux City defers Riverside Boulevard three-lane proposal

Posted on Thursday, January 9, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The three-lane bug has struck again, this time in Sioux City, on the southernmost part of IA 12 from Military Road to I-29. The Sioux City Council, at a meeting earlier this week, postponed any action until the end of … Continue reading →

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Jan 08

Hardin County Courthouse closes the front door

Posted on Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

April 4, 2006: This view of the stately Hardin County Courthouse in Eldora now needs a notice at the top of the steps: Please use side door. The Iowa Falls Times-Citizen (two paragraphs, anyway) and KLMJ/KQCR Radio report that starting last … Continue reading →

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Jan 07

A Reinbeck lawyer writes about rural life

Posted on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Or possibly the Reinbeck lawyer, Abby Wessel, wrote for the November 2019 issue of the Iowa Lawyer magazine: Reinbeck is a small but prosperous town situated upon what is arguably the best farmland in the state. Mike offered me a … Continue reading →

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Jan 06

Another Tower Terrace Road meeting

Posted on Monday, January 6, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The first public meeting of the new year is the third meeting in 26 months regarding I-380 in the Hiawatha area. The late 2017 meeting revealed plans for double diverging diamonds at Boyson Road and Tower Terrace Road; the second had … Continue reading →

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