Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous

There’s another article out about studying an interstate upgrade for the US 65/IA 5 Des Moines beltway. There is more to an interstate designation than just signage. There are also rules about slow-moving vehicles and minimum speed limits. Right now, … Continue reading →

The remnants of Hurricane Isaac, which by Saturday was nothing more than a spinning low-pressure system, reached state parks in far southeastern Iowa and soaked the Old Threshers Reunion in Mount Pleasant.

The National Weather Service in Des Moines recently included a series in its newsletters about hurricanes whose official track went through Iowa. There have been three: The Galveston hurricane of 1900, which made it all the way to Central Iowa … Continue reading →

5. This is Mark Pearson on “The Big Show” from the WHO Crystal Studios… (He will be missed.) 4. Wasn’t this more expensive last year? 3. You know what the Cattle Barn needs? More belt buckles. 2. It’s not hot … Continue reading →

Good news for viewers of channel 2, 17, and 28.

West Des Moines beats Cedar Rapids to the punch with the second standalone Chick-fil-A in Iowa. Yes, I know the Chick-fil-A is technically in the Waukee district, not WDM. Details, details.

Sinclair Broadcasting is about to yank its TV stations off a cable/satellite lineup again. This time, it’s Dish Network. It’s been five years since Mediacom actually lost the channels for a month, and that was from the middle of the … Continue reading →

The Des Moines Register looks around a really big Hy-Vee: The combined food store, restaurant, coffee shop, sushi bar, health store, take-out food department, cooking education station and cheese shop is housed in more than 95,000 square feet. It’s the … Continue reading →

After my latest excursion to the northwest (more on that eventually), I have been to or through all by 15 of Iowa’s 500 largest cities. The top of the “unvisited” list is Blue Grass (#211), by virtue of not really … Continue reading →