Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous

Dec 04

Eagle Grove loses its stoplight

Posted on Thursday, December 4, 2014, at 10:16 AM by Jeff

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?

Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2014, at 10:40 AM by Jeff

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

Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2014, at 10:14 AM by Jeff

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

Posted on Wednesday, November 5, 2014, at 10:45 AM by Jeff

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

Posted on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at 8:36 PM by Jeff

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

Posted on Friday, October 31, 2014, at 5:30 PM by Jeff

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

Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2014, at 3:09 PM by Jeff

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

Posted on Friday, October 10, 2014, at 3:17 PM by Jeff

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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Sep 15

Lee County seat consolidation halted

Posted on Monday, September 15, 2014, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Lee County residents packed the gym in Donnellson earlier this month to hear a county supervisor’s proposal to move all services to Fort Madison. However, just before the meeting began, it was withdrawn. WGEM and KHQA both have stories; the … Continue reading →

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Sep 08

I’m sensing a pattern here

Posted on Monday, September 8, 2014, at 11:02 AM by Jeff

Lakeside Hotel & Casino, formerly Terrible’s Lakeside Hotel & Casino: 777 Casino Drive, Osceola Isle Casino Hotel, 777 Isle of Capri Blvd., Waterloo Diamond Jo Worth, 777 Diamond Jo Lane, Northwood (on I-35) Wild Rose Casino & Resort Hotel, 777 Wild Rose … Continue reading →

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