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Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous
Dec
23
Tom Harkin notes of assorted significance
Let the record show: Tom Harkin, the most senior junior senator of the 113th Congress, cast his last vote Dec. 16 to confirm a judge for the Western District of Missouri. He voted aye. Harkin’s last non-confirmation vote was on retroactive extension … Continue reading
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Dec
06
Major design changes coming to Iowa highway signage
Nov. 27, 2006: The then-new Ansborough Avenue interchange in Waterloo shows two signage trends that have become and are becoming standard in Iowa in the 2010s: Larger initial letters and skinny, squat arrows. The first appearance of non-Iowa-style traffic arrows … Continue reading
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Dec
04
Eagle Grove loses its stoplight
The Eagle Grove Eagle reported at the beginning of November that the stoplight at Broadway and Commercial (IA 17 and C54) no longer functions. The equipment is a quarter-century old and would need to be replaced. The intersection will be … Continue reading
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Nov
18
What did Iowa do to you, Agents of SHIELD?
First scene in last week’s episode of “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”: “What’s Burning Man?” “Are you sure you’re not from Iowa, because you just sounded like it.” Later it turns out the person who spoke the second line was “an art … Continue reading
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Nov
11
Branstad, Harkin longevity notes
With the election a week behind us, let’s run through the superlatives of an unprecedented sixth (nonconsecutive) term for Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad: At the end of next year, he will be the undisputed longest-serving governor of all time. He … Continue reading
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Nov
05
Iowa elects a woman to Congress
All it took was the first open U.S. Senate seat in Iowa since 1968 and a 37-second video. Joni Ernst will be Iowa’s first female Senator and first woman elected to Congress from a continually shrinking Iowa delegation. (In 1968, when Harold … Continue reading
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Nov
04
It is not the most wonderful time of the year yet
KWQC reports that FM 96.1 in the Quad Cities will be going full-on Christmas music at midnight. Don’t you dare, 104.1 and 104.5. This is a timed post.
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Oct
31
Drowning in a mud pit
How bad is the onslaught of political advertising in Iowa, the state with the second-highest number of Senate-race ads in the country? During “Jeopardy”, KWWL ran 30 seconds of nothing but a still picture of a woman in a serene … Continue reading
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Oct
15
Sub-$3 gas back in Iowa
Wooo. (WQAD) Even if my road tripping is limited right now, gas below $3 is a good thing.
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Oct
10
Lincoln Highway meeting in Tama
Maybe I missed a memo on this. (The website itself still says TBA, and the information is only on Facebook. This does not change my anti-Facebook stance.) Copied from that link: Iowa Lincoln Highway Association September 26 The next meeting of the … Continue reading
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