Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous

May 16

Waukee gains the population of Forest City

Posted on Monday, May 16, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The rapid growth in Dallas County and This Is Where Your School District Went continues uninterrupted, as revealed in two news stories last week. First, a second Waukee high school will open in 2021, which sounds like a long time … Continue reading →

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Apr 26

Council Bluffs highway decommissioning May 1

Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

June 12, 2006: The end is here. West Broadway (US 6) and North 16th Street (IA 192) will be turned over to Council Bluffs for $16 million on Sunday. Stories: Nonpareil, WOWT, KETV, KMTV. I’ve sent an e-mail to the … Continue reading →

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Apr 25

Forty years of Iowa route descriptions posted online

Posted on Monday, April 25, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

OH HO, what do we have here? Transfer of jurisdiction agreement number TJ‑318‑0(3)‑‑2M‑86, between the city of Clutier and the Iowa Department of Transportation, transferred that portion of Iowa 318 from Front Street north and east to the east corporation … Continue reading →

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Apr 22

A bridge of Madison County

Posted on Friday, April 22, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 19, 2014: The Imes Bridge on the east side of St. Charles is the easiest of the “Bridges of Madison County” to visit from I-35. John Weeks has a lot more for pictures and history of not just the … Continue reading →

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Apr 15

Page update: Muscatine-a-palooza

Posted on Friday, April 15, 2016, at 10:01 AM by Jeff

June 8, 2015: New, larger highway shields at the US 61/IA 38 intersection, and their arrows beneath, conform to revised MUTCD guidelines. In my opinion, it’s not an improvement. I’ve added photos taken in April and June 2015 to the … Continue reading →

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Apr 13

Raygun shirts I’d like to see, part two

Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Three more ideas. (They’re images to match Raygun’s style, which is the Helvetica font.)

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Apr 12

Raygun shirts I’d like to see, part one

Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Raygun, the cheeky T-shirt store in Des Moines’ hipster central (the East Village), now has a store in Cedar Rapids’ hipster central (NewBo). Although I do not own any Raygun shirts, I think I am familiar enough with the style … Continue reading →

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Apr 05

Full RAGBRAI map printed

Posted on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Since I made the point that the Register had not printed a single continuous RAGBRAI map as it usually does at the beginning of March, it is only fair that I follow up now that a guide to the route … Continue reading →

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Mar 30

Q is for Quarry

Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 18, 2009: Where am I? The village of Quarry, near Le Grand, returned to the state map in 1999 after a 50-year absence. Quarry made the news last year when an old wooden bridge over the railroad connecting to … Continue reading →

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Mar 26

When keyword searches go wrong

Posted on Saturday, March 26, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Um…

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