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Oct
22
History at the 2026 Iowa State Fair (2)
Once again, a story just fell into my lap: For one day only during the Iowa State Fair, a DNR employee talked about the history of Iowa’s state parks.
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Oct
20
History at the 2026 Iowa State Fair (1)
This year in Des Moines, I saw a pop-up exhibit on the American Revolution and Darcy Maulsby’s excellent history about food in Iowa.
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Oct
15
IA 175 Des Moines River bridge replacement will last a year
The Iowa DOT has put up an online-feedback form regarding the replacement of the IA 175 bridge across the Des Moines River. The project will start next summer, the press release says, and presumably that will be after July 1, … Continue reading
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Oct
09
Bellevue breathes easier, but Iowa’s oldest school still active
In the fall of 2025, a new Bellevue Elementary opened. It’s near the junior high/high school building and holds grades 3-5. The new building — which, based on one video from near its completion, is exceptionally beige for grades 3-5 … Continue reading
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Oct
06
License Plate Letters — RON
Wow, we got deep into the R’s fast. They must have been assigned more in western Iowa. (Yes, this is the first thing that came to mind.)
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Oct
01
AGWSR in third consecutive bond attempt
For the third year in a row, the Ackley-Geneva-Wellsburg-Steamboat Rock school district is trying to get a bond issue approved. Before 2023, the district could have tried multiple times in a year, but the Legislature put a stop to that. … Continue reading
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Sep
29
Tama County newspaper archives get preservation grant
A press release in August from the Tama County Historical Society announced reception of a grant from the State Historical Society of Iowa for “microfilm preservation of historic newspapers” in Tama County and also the former Reinbeck Courier. As worded, … Continue reading
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Sep
24
Covering Rob Sand in Marengo
As a member of the Iowa Writers Collaborative, I had some assistance in getting to cover Rob Sand’s campaign stop in Marengo on Sept. 3. There was a press gaggle — me and video streamers for the Des Moines Register … Continue reading
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Sep
22
Jeopardy season starts with Iowa-related near-whiff
The clue on the first Wednesday of “Jeopardy!” Season 43, $800: I’ve had fun in Correctionville, but it’s time to leave the Midwest; US-20 West starts us off to SUX, the airport serving this city Writers (for which there was … Continue reading
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Sep
15
more school notes for 2026-27
At the end of August I pulled a “break glass in case of no time to write” Substack piece — school timeline items. This time, it’s a lot about Mediapolis and Fremont-Mills, two schools four and a half hours apart.
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