Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous

Dec 24

So cold it broke the chart

Posted on Tuesday, December 24, 2013, at 12:53 PM by Jeff

Readings taken in Marshalltown this morning, from the National Weather Service: Merry Christmas.

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Dec 20

Ron Burgundy is an Iowan

Posted on Friday, December 20, 2013, at 10:23 AM by Jeff

Will Ferrell is taking this “Anchorman” thing very seriously. In addition to various in-character appearances on TV, he wrote a book — not as Will Ferrell, as Ron Burgundy. As in, you can buy a fictional character’s autobiography. (Random observation: … Continue reading →

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Dec 15

Logo similarity

Posted on Sunday, December 15, 2013, at 1:43 PM by Jeff

The website for WDAM in southern Mississippi uses this logo on the bottom of the page (the NBC logo is absent in the header):  (wdam.com) That bears an uncanny similarity to what KWWL used earlier this century, but currently does … Continue reading →

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Dec 13

Iowa DOT wants to close interstate rest areas

Posted on Friday, December 13, 2013, at 5:32 PM by Jeff

I don’t have time for a full-fledged writeup about this important issue at this time, but here are some links: Iowa plans to close some rest stops (Des Moines Register) Plan to close rest stops worries truckers (Des Moines Register) … Continue reading →

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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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