Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous

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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Sep 17

Run that by me again

Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2013, at 2:21 PM by Jeff

July 12, 2013: One of the buildings at the Harrison County Historical Village and Welcome Center northeast of Missouri Valley.

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Sep 16

Desperation

Posted on Monday, September 16, 2013, at 2:11 PM by Jeff

Sponsored rest areas? Is the state really that hard up for transportation money? And then only charging $2,500 a year?

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Sep 15

“Musical Memories” off WMT

Posted on Sunday, September 15, 2013, at 3:08 PM by Jeff

I only caught the end on Sept. 1, but it sounded like the show was moving off WMT-AM 600 to KMJM-AM 1360 the following week. The last song was “May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You”, written by Iowa’s … Continue reading →

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Sep 13

Happy 100th birthday, Lincoln Highway route!

Posted on Friday, September 13, 2013, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

July 5, 2013: Three Bridges Park on the east side of Grand Junction The name was announced in July, but the path from coast to coast wasn’t made official until Sept. 13, 1913. The New York Times article about the … Continue reading →

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Sep 12

Lincoln Highway at 100: The Omaha shift

Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2013, at 11:21 AM by Jeff

July 12, 2013: This loop is really a spur. It runs from the state line to the corner of 6th and Erie in Missouri Valley. When US 30 was paved west of Boone in 1931, it completed the Lincoln Highway … Continue reading →

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Sep 04

Mason City bans birthday treats in schools

Posted on Wednesday, September 4, 2013, at 1:23 PM by Jeff

This is not the America I grew up in.

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