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Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous
Oct
27
Where is Harmony City?
“Then would you mind telling me what you’re doing in the middle of a plain in Iowa — and what I’m doing here, for that matter?” Occasionally in books or movies a character will drop a reference to some place … Continue reading
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Oct
22
Register’s ‘Lost Schools’ on IPTV tonight
The Des Moines Register‘s documentary about the changes and decline of rural Iowa’s school districts airs on Iowa Public Television at 7 tonight. Former North Tama principal Nick Pace is among those interviewed. In conjunction with that, Iowa Public Radio interviewed reporter … Continue reading
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Oct
19
More about Iowa’s northern and western borders
Years ago, I wrote about my research into the back-and-forth of the 1830s and 1840s in creating the shape of the state of Iowa. I mentioned that I had never seen any proposal of a northern border of 45° from … Continue reading
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Oct
13
Should we really be encouraging this sort of thing?
The 2015 Burlington tourism guide features a smiling family on the cover. There’s nothing unusual about that. They’re all wearing flip-flops except the youngest, who’s wearing Crocs. That’s a warning sign, but they are at a pool with water slides, … Continue reading
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Oct
09
No, that’s not how you spell it
September 27, 2015: This window covering in downtown Davenport made me do a double-take. Let’s ask some cheerleaders what’s wrong with this. They might have a chant that can help us.
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Sep
30
End of an era
KCRG, the last locally owned TV station in Iowa, becomes part of Gray Communications tomorrow. The increased contentiousness of cable and satellite carriage rights, including one with DirectTV earlier this year, was a factor in the deal. The sale means … Continue reading
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Sep
22
Did Phil Coulson drop someone off in Iowa?
I was rewatching the season finale of “Agents of SHIELD” when something near the end jumped out at me. In the second-to-last scene, SHIELD Director Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) and Agent Skye (Chloe Bennet) visit Cal Zabo (Kyle MacLachlan) after his … Continue reading
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Sep
08
Last summer at Camp Tahigwa?
Des Moines Register photojournalist Kelsey Kremer, a former Girl Scout and now counselor at Camp Tahigwa, has created a Web video and written commentary about what the camp in far northeast Iowa means to her. I made a blog post … Continue reading
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Sep
02
Center Junction disincorporation final
I missed the final approval of Center Junction’s disincorporation in June (PDF) and it’s surfacing again because of the former town’s integration into the Jones County E911 rural street system (stories: KCRG, Anamosa Journal-Eureka). I move the Board acknowledge that the … Continue reading
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Aug
27
Sinclair blackout on Dish affects nearly every Iowa market
For the umpteenth time in the past decade, Sinclair Broadcasting pulled the TV stations it owns off a cable/satellite provider’s lineup. This time it’s Dish, and while the blackout lasted less than 24 hours, the episode qualified as the largest … Continue reading
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