Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous

May 28

Allamakee County paved A26 in 2013

Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at 10:28 AM by Jeff

Not many county roads are newly paved in Iowa nowadays, as counties try to save money any way they can. However, one segment in Allamakee County received just that treatment last year. County Road A26, about six miles from the … Continue reading →

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May 23

2013 population estimates out for Iowa cities

Posted on Friday, May 23, 2014, at 2:01 PM by Jeff

Raw data and spreadsheets available on ISU’s website. Doom and gloom for about everyone outside of the Des Moines metro area from the Register and Quad-City Times. Ankeny passed 50,000 and West Des Moines is within 1000 people of kicking … Continue reading →

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May 21

Winter is always coming

Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at 11:45 PM by Jeff

It’s not quite worth inclusion in the List of Iowa References, but Kyle Munson writes that author George R.R. Martin spent time in Iowa: “I think a lot of the stuff in ‘A Game of Thrones,’ ” the author told Vanity … Continue reading →

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May 08

Scott Siepker, call your office

Posted on Thursday, May 8, 2014, at 10:43 AM by Jeff

Omaha World Herald: “Nebraska Nice” is Nebraska’s new tourism brand Turns out Siepker had the same reaction I did: “This means war.” Related: “The Good Life” will stay on Nebraska highway signs

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Apr 22

Altoona’s Archer Motel torn down

Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at 6:28 PM by Jeff

If you’re familiar with Hubbell Avenue heading out of Des Moines, the old, non-chain motels there are a reminder of pre-interstate times, when it was a primary way in and out of town. Three motels were clustered at the intersection … Continue reading →

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Apr 22

Ultimate list of Iowa movies

Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at 11:25 AM by Jeff

On this website I have a list of all the times I know about Iowa mentions or settings in various forms of entertainment, but it looks like I’ve been one-upped. Way upped. The Des Moines Register reprints a much, much … Continue reading →

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Apr 21

Railroad in Marshall, Hardin counties abandoned

Posted on Monday, April 21, 2014, at 1:48 PM by Jeff

This 1875 map shows the recently abandoned railroad through Albion in the recently dissolved Iowa Township in Marshall County. On the south side of Albion, a little more than a decade after an at-grade railroad crossing replaced a very old … Continue reading →

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Apr 03

Who is Michael Falk?

Posted on Thursday, April 3, 2014, at 11:00 AM by Jeff

This previous Tournament of Champions winner and my Iowa State quiz bowl contemporary will be on the “Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades” today …against Ken Jennings. Here are the Jeopardy airing times for Iowa TV stations. KWWL will be showing the … Continue reading →

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Apr 01

Ron Steele at KWWL for 40 years

Posted on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at 10:41 AM by Jeff

There has literally never been a time in my life when Ron Steele wasn’t behind the anchor desk at Channel 7. The Waterloo Courier has a long profile and look back. Steele has covered the occasional North Tama sporting event … Continue reading →

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Mar 26

Norman Borlaug statue dedicated

Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at 4:02 PM by Jeff

Coverage from the Register and Gazette on Tuesday’s event in DC.

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