Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous

My latest Substack column is about something I love. I admit that after going 0-for-3 in job interviews over five weeks, I’m not feeling the last sentence I wrote for it right now. Please subscribe, with money if you feel … Continue reading →

On August 1, Pottawattamie County is going to find out if its current county supervisors plan is going to change. The county currently has five supervisors elected on an at-large basis. The groups that led the petition drive to change … Continue reading →

I have explored the most infamous headline in Iowa history: “Manly Man Marries Fertile Woman.” Read, like, subscribe, etc. over at my Substack.

May 21, 2023: The fifth-to-last Sunday Mason City Globe Gazette carries an editor’s note about the paper eliminating three of its six print publication days. I bought this at the Lake Mills Casey’s for $4. Four of Iowa’s 11 newspapers that … Continue reading →

Clarinda votes for bands. Authorizes two mill tax to pay for all. Clarinda, Iowa, March 28, 1921, voted almost two to one a two mill tax for the support of its bands of music. The tax will be available for … Continue reading →

Sioux City CBS affiliate KMEG was the last in Iowa markets to come on the air, in 1967. It didn’t have local news broadcasts for 16 years, 1983-99. The entire news operation is being cancelled again. The Sioux City Journal (h/t … Continue reading →

March 19, 2022: Unincorporated towns on the Iowa map include Voorhies, in the southwest corner of Black Hawk County. About a year and a half ago, I ran a blog post about Tyler Sullivan, who is doing the every-town thing … Continue reading →

Le Grand Reporter, April 4, 1923: Herbert Hoover calls on relatives LeGrand included in Iowa itinerary — Uncle Davis and Aunt Amelia warmly greeted. LeGrand entertained distinguished company Thursday afternoon and evening. Herbert Hoover, member of President Harding’s cabinet and … Continue reading →

June 19, 2021: This marker for Marion Crandell is near the Government Bridge at Davenport. According to a 2001 Cedar Rapids Gazette article, this marker, restored that year, was “the first in a series of markers identifying a coast-to-coast Gold … Continue reading →

Monday’s episode of “Quantum Leap” was set in 1989 aboard what the script and visual effects intend to be the USS Montana, BB-77. According to the US Navy’s battleships page, that vessel doesn’t exist, although Wikipedia says that “Montana-class battleships” … Continue reading →