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- Iowa HS FB playoff brackets 2018
- School Directions Booklet FINAL
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- Iowa 2010 population breakdown
- Iowa daily newspaper publication, 2022
- Iowa school enrollment changes, 2001-15 (maps)
- Iowa's largest school enrollment gainers, 2001-15
- Kossuth County Area Schools and Rural Iowa's Population Collapse
- Post offices targeted for closure (1)
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Sep
10
That’s “aff-a-leets”
Posted without further comment.
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Sep
08
My Field of Dreams column
is available on the Register’s website.
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Aug
10
Carving up Clearfield: Snakes and Ladders
At the end of May, when I made a sample map for a potential dissolution of the Clearfield school district in southwest Iowa, I said that my clean lines didn’t stand a chance for a variety of reasons. I didn’t … Continue reading
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Aug
01
Everybody’s happy, except for that one group
No, not political at all, just what came to mind with this Yahoo story from last week. A new report released today [7/24] by J.D. Power and Associates finds that guests are more satisfied than they’ve been in seven years … Continue reading
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Jul
03
WordPress image upload troubles
No Lincoln Highway post today. I’ve been fighting with the blog’s image uploader ever since upgrading to 3.5.2. I don’t know what’s wrong or how to fix it. I may have to upload to the site and then link.
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Jun
24
Lincoln Highway centennial links
As you can see in my choice of header image, the Lincoln Highway is a special thing to me and this is a very special year for the route. Although it didn’t become an official Iowa auto trail until 1915, … Continue reading
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Jun
15
The Des Moines Register moves
Stories from WHO and KCCI, along with the Register’s last editorial from the old building. This makes the second newspaper building I’ve worked in that has been abandoned.
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Jun
08
Double minority
According to Pew Research Center, 56% of all American adults now have a smart phone and 67% are on Facebook. Considering there are some people who fall in the latter category but not the former (and likely much more than vice … Continue reading
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May
21
Mediacom costs up by one-sixth in two years
I have the next-to-barest-bones package from Mediacom: Expanded basic cable and Internet access. I’ve never changed that. I’ve never even replaced my TV. All that I’ve gained with the “digital conversion” of cable TV are the digital network subchannels and … Continue reading
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May
18
$3.899
This picture was taken nine years ago tomorrow in Lime Springs, near the Minnesota border. It was the first time I had ever seen super unleaded at $2 a gallon in Iowa. Then this week, this happened: Associated Press, Jan. … Continue reading
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