Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous

Nov 28

NBC apologizes to Tracy, Iowa. Sort of.

Posted on Thursday, November 28, 2013, at 10:41 AM by Jeff

A simple side remark about the name “Tracy” apparently didn’t go over well with the Internet. It probably takes more time to explain than the occurrence itself. The video from Wednesday is here, if you can tolerate a 15- or … Continue reading →

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Nov 23

Ice Station Cyclone

Posted on Saturday, November 23, 2013, at 12:46 PM by Jeff

In the past 12 hours, the National Weather Service has downgraded the expected temperature at kickoff in Ames again, to single digits. The previous record low kickoff temperature was 17°. This means that 2013 will have both the coldest and … Continue reading →

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Nov 19

History? What history?

Posted on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, at 10:45 AM by Jeff

“Des Moines” as slang for “Middle America” strikes again: Southern women are different. That is a fact. It is not posturing, or hyperbole, or marketing. (See: all those song lyrics about California girls and their undeniable cuteness.) Southern women, unlike … Continue reading →

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Nov 02

Jeff Kennedy leaving KWWL

Posted on Saturday, November 2, 2013, at 11:42 AM by Jeff

That’s a surprise!!! He’s been giving the weather in eastern Iowa as long as I’ve been alive. It will be weird to watch the news without him. The story does not say what he’s moving on to.

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Oct 28

Rotisserie corn

Posted on Monday, October 28, 2013, at 12:54 PM by Jeff

July 5, 2013: This ear of corn on the Coon Rapids welcome sign on Iowa Highway 141 slowly rotates. Coon Rapids is best known for being the site of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s visit to Iowa in 1959. Farmer and … Continue reading →

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Oct 18

A slightly new style on my end pages

Posted on Friday, October 18, 2013, at 12:18 PM by Jeff

(Shorter text: UPDATES! Finally!) Photos from July 2012 have been added to IA 3, 9 West, 10, 12, and 148. One of the issues with updating the pages for individual routes is that I have listed all the dates at … Continue reading →

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Oct 13

‘A full Christmas display was up by September 22’

Posted on Sunday, October 13, 2013, at 12:16 PM by Jeff

At the Moline Kmart. (Quad-City Business Journal) I wish boycotting retailers for doing things like this would work. But if everyone does it, there’s nowhere else to go. UPDATE: Macy’s, which doesn’t have any stores in Iowa, is opening at 8 … Continue reading →

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Oct 08

945 (probably for sure this time)

Posted on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, at 12:31 PM by Jeff

Millville, the ninth-smallest town in Iowa in 2010, has lost a third of its population of 30 since the census. It’s going to disincorporate, following Mount Sterling, formerly the 14th-smallest town in Iowa. Searsboro tried but the state wouldn’t allow … Continue reading →

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Sep 24

Watch your gas pumps

Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2013, at 1:07 AM by Jeff

A change to sub-octane shipments means Iowa gas stations will no longer be selling 89 octane fuel with ethanol. Instead, the three usual choices will be 87 without ethanol, 87 with ethanol, and 91 (premium). KWWL

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Sep 20

Last Kmart in Cedar Rapids to close

Posted on Friday, September 20, 2013, at 10:54 AM by Jeff

Story from KCRG.

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