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Author Archives: Jeff
Jun
23
Dubuque moving ahead with middle school’s closure
Despite the failure of a bond referendum last November, the Dubuque Community School District is moving forward with a plan to close one of its two century-old middle school/junior high facilities and move those students to a much newer building. … Continue reading
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Jun
19
State Center NOT getting J-turn intersection
For at least the third time, the Iowa DOT’s attempt to turn a major intersection into a “J-turn” has been met with vocal displeasure from local residents. In March, KCCI reported that the plans to put a J-turn on US … Continue reading
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Jun
17
Where Iowa’s newest courthouses actually are
September 28, 2025: The Mitchell County Courthouse in Osage. A recent story about county courthouses says the newest one is in Pottawattamie County in 1978. This is wrong, twice over. Dickinson County built a new courthouse in stages in 2006 … Continue reading
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Jun
15
DOT turning Huxley intersection into roundabout
The Iowa DOT intends to convert the four-way stop of highways 69 and 210 south of Huxley into a roundabout in 2028. The informational meeting is scheduled for Thursday evening at Huxley City Hall. This intersection is a mile and … Continue reading
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Jun
11
Iowa transportation history presentations, part 2
I wrote 2200 words about five presentations in Ames on May 1. Well, technically, I wrote whatever percentage of those words are not from quoted material. Here’s the second part, and the story links to a full presentation about “streamliner” … Continue reading
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Jun
09
Iowa transportation history presentations, part 1
Of course I’m going to go all out on writing about FIVE presentations in Ames on May 1 covering various aspects of Iowa roads and rails. I couldn’t contain it to one Substack post!
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Jun
04
Long detour for one ramp in Sioux City
The ramp from westbound US 20/southbound US 75 to southbound I-29 closed Tuesday for an estimated two months, KTIV reports. It’s for a bridge deck overlay and barrier replacement. The Iowa DOT’s signed detour takes travelers north on I-29 all … Continue reading
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Jun
02
Back-to-back Big Boy stories
KTIV has two stories related to the Union Pacific’s Big Boy going through western Iowa on Sunday. The first is about the train’s stop in Carroll. The second, whose video plays after the first, is about maintenance of the train … Continue reading
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May
28
Des Moines’ Moulton Elementary ends service
Moulton Elementary School in Des Moines, the core of which began life as the original Des Moines North High School, will be demolished this summer. The oldest part is 110 years old. The Des Moines City Council approved demolition in … Continue reading
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May
22
Iowa and the Underground Railroad
As endorsed by former Des Moines Register editor and current president of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council, Randy Evans: “This is a very readable account of the role Iowa, and Iowans, played in slaves gaining their freedom in the … Continue reading
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