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Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous
Jan
08
20th anniversary of Iowa Highways Page
The Iowa Highways Page is 20 years old today. I stumbled on it about two years after Jason Hancock set it up. Since then, he and I have done lots of coordination and research to make our sites complementary and … Continue reading
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Jan
03
Population projection: Utah has babies and Iowa doesn’t
September 28, 2015: Clayton, Iowa, along the Mississippi River, has no children living in city limits, according to census numbers — adding the atmosphere of a micro-version of “Children of Men” to this photo of a playground there. Buck Grove, near … Continue reading
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Dec
31
Three days, five candidates, five counties, ten years later – 3
December 31, 2007: Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) and his mother make a campaign stop at the Ames Public Library (Story County). Catherine Biden died three years later. New Year’s Eve 2007 — four days before the caucuses — was just as full … Continue reading
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Dec
30
Three days, five candidates, five counties, ten years later – 2
December 30, 2007: Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Tom Vilsack at the Traer Memorial Building. It’s weird to attend a political event when people you know are in the audience. After Christmas, Hillary Clinton was in a flat-out sprint toward Jan. … Continue reading
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Dec
29
Three days, five candidates, five counties, ten years later – 1
It is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be … Continue reading
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Dec
22
942
The town of Delphos snuffed itself out this fall, and no one noticed. The community of 25 submitted a notice of discontinuance to the City Development Board that was accepted Oct. 4 (PDF). A lot of the people in the … Continue reading
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Dec
19
Benton County in-town endpoint photos added
I said I was going to start including post-1969 pre-1980 endpoints in pages as I got around to them, and fortunately, the biggest cluster of such points is in easy driving distance. All of the Benton County spurs except IA … Continue reading
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Dec
13
Corrections, updates for IA 415 page
I made a graphic a long time ago sketching out the changes to IA 415 between Ankeny and Polk City, but I had based it on incomplete information. Once DOT route descriptions were released, Jason Hancock updated his listing, but … Continue reading
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Nov
29
Photo 31,000
April 30, 2016: This trompe l’oeil mural on the side of a building in downtown Bussey illustrates the history of the town and prominent buildings. A larger version of the photo can be seen here. Bussey, in Marion County, was … Continue reading
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Nov
21
Short life for ’90s country station
Remember how excited I was that I found a radio station playing real country music that isn’t on the airwaves anymore? Well, that was short-lived. The changeover happened while I was on vacation. iHeartMedia has flipped Classic Country 1360 KMJM Cedar … Continue reading
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