Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous

Aug 07

Brie? Gouda? Wensleydale?

Posted on Tuesday, August 7, 2012, at 8:44 PM by Jeff

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 →

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Aug 03

Where I haven’t been in Iowa

Posted on Friday, August 3, 2012, at 9:31 PM by Jeff

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 →

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Jul 25

Seen in St. Anthony

Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at 9:49 PM by Jeff

“Please save our church. Buy beer and wine.” — St. Anthony Christian Church, Marshall County, which set up an all-Iowa-microbrew garden for RAGBRAI.

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Jul 24

RAGBRAI XL: Complete 40-year list of towns

Posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at 6:00 PM by Jeff

Every year, the RAGBRAI overnight towns are announced near the beginning of the year. Later in the year, first in June but now usually in March, a complete route is unveiled. Sometimes changes are made before the bikes hit the … Continue reading →

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Jun 24

Ed Thomas, 1950-2009

Posted on Sunday, June 24, 2012, at 8:00 AM by Jeff

Three years ago today. The year before, ESPN had done a piece about Thomas and the tornado recovery in Parkersburg. 2011 followup in Sports Illustrated.

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Jun 22

Corn Carnival

Posted on Friday, June 22, 2012, at 12:38 AM by Jeff

We really love our corn! July 16, 2004. It’s been a few years since it was moved up, but it still feels very wrong to have Corn Carnival in June. (Especially this year, being the fourth of five Fridays.) Tonight is … Continue reading →

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Jun 17

Gazette articles on railroads

Posted on Sunday, June 17, 2012, at 7:30 PM by Jeff

Informative articles from the Cedar Rapids Gazette about the importance of the railroads in Iowa’s history and the network “representing arms of urban economic imperialism of Chicago”. Iowa’s past, future converge with railroads Union Station was hub of downtown Cedar … Continue reading →

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Jun 16

Chief Wapello is down

Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at 10:09 PM by Jeff

 December 18, 2006 Thunderstorms in Wapello County knocked down the statue on the courthouse in Ottumwa. The rain came the same week that the county was declared to be in a moderate drought.

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Jun 16

Madison County Courthouse

Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

It’s not my best courthouse picture, but it’s a clear winter sunset in Winterset. January 10, 2012.

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Jun 08

Mor chikin

Posted on Friday, June 8, 2012, at 1:11 AM by Jeff

Cedar Rapids is getting a standalone Chick-Fil-A. It will be the second one in the state. The other is in Davenport and all other locations in Iowa are inside mall food courts.

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