{"id":8232,"date":"2017-01-06T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=8232"},"modified":"2017-01-05T23:16:17","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T05:16:17","slug":"iowas-westernmost-caseys-moving-a-tad-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2017\/01\/iowas-westernmost-caseys-moving-a-tad-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa’s westernmost Casey’s moving a tad south"},"content":{"rendered":"

(It’s a slow news week, folks.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nSeptember 30, 2015:<\/strong> The Akron Casey’s is behind the signs for the IA 3\/12 intersection<\/a> and relocated end of the Loess Hills Scenic Byway.<\/em><\/p>\n

The northwest Iowa town of Akron is getting a new Casey’s<\/a>, the Le Mars Sentinel<\/em> reports. This has only a thin string of relevance to this blog as it is the westernmost in the state (and yes, I have stopped there). A new gas station will be built on the southeast corner of the IA 3\/12 intersection shown above. This is possible because the Iowa DOT closed<\/a> the Akron maintenance shed\/snowplow garage four months ago, along with Sabula (the easternmost site), Rock Valley<\/a> (also in northwest Iowa), and four other locations. The DOT garage will be demolished.<\/p>\n

Mother Nature decided to get the demolition under way a bit early by peeling off the top of one of the DOT sheds on Christmas Day, the\u00a0Akron Hometowner<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Sentinel<\/em> article also mentions something about the convenience store chain’s history: The Casey’s style that was typical until about a decade ago dates back to the late 1970s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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